Bismarck, Count Otto von, chosen to advise the King, 3; experience at St. Petersburg, 4; dealings with Prussian Parliament, 4; and Polish Insurrection, 1864, 8; Convention of Gastein, 8; and Parliament, 8; and Austrian protection, 9; and Benedetti, 10; Nikolsburg, secret military treaties with S. German States, 14, 15; foundation of German Unity, 16; view of Napoleon III., 17, 18; and Benedetti’s demand for left bank of Rhine, 20, 21; and Belgium, 22; and Luxemburg, 25; prints Bavarian secret treaty, 25; answers Bennigsen, 26; retrospect on Luxemburg question, 29, 30; with Moltke in Paris, 1867, 32; utilizes Salzburg meeting to rouse German feeling, 34, 35; desires to avoid war, 37; publishes account of Ems meeting, 47; meets King William at railway, 52; saying to Benedetti on Napoleon’s dynasty, 134; on King’s staff at Malmaison, 214; seen by Dr. Russell at Bar le Duc, 255, 256; former hunting in Ardennes, 266; sends to German Minister at Brussels, 285; described by Russell, 322; influence on terms of settlement, 327–330; meeting with Emperor, 331, 332. Bismarck, Counts Herbert and William, 183. Bitsche, fortress, commanding pass in the Vosges, 67, 70, 76, 93, 96, 97, 99, 114, 115, 116, 143; still untaken Sept. 1st, 283. Blumenthal, General von, at Woerth battle, 115, 234, 248; carries Chantrenne farm, 200; at Bar le Duc, in favour of northern march, 254, 255; forecasts French fate, 255; at conference of Chémery, 295; with Crown Prince at Sedan, 322, 326. Bois Chevalier, 300. Bois les Dames, De Failly goes to, 259. Bois de la Cusse, 195; Hessians attack through, 202, 206; fighting in, 219, 221. Bois de la Garenne, 295, 306; wandering battalions in, 312. Bois de Genivaux, French in, 194, 196; German attack on, 205; French in, 206, 207, 211, 214. Bois des Ognons (Vionville), 177, 185. Bois de Vaux, 193, 194, 204; attack from feared, 211, 218; and forest of Jaumont, tract between, 228. Bois de Vionville, 169, 171, 173. Bois St. Arnould, 169, 171. Bonie, Colonel, 313. Bonnemain’s, General de, cavalry charge at Woerth, 112; cavalry at Sedan, 296; appeal to, by Ducrot, 313. Bonnemain’s brigade to Les Grands Armoises, 258; to Raucourt, 261. Bonnemain’s division, 249, 251; Cuirassiers crossing Meuse, 274. Bordas, General, 249. Bordes, Fort des (Metz), 150; 152. Borny, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155, 158, 160, 191. Bose, General von, 104; at Woerth, 110, 111, 113. Boucheporn, 79. Boulay, 139. Boult-aux-Bois, 258, 259. Bouillon, road to, northern exit from Sedan, 296, 306. Bourbaki, General de, at Vionville, 185; at Gravelotte, 214, 221, 223, 224, 225. Bouzonville, 79. Brahaut’s, General de, Cavalry, 234, 256, 262. Brandenburg, Infantry at Vionville, 174, 179.