The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870Hooper, George
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The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870
Hooper, George
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871; Sedan Campaign, 1870
Bredow, General von, 163, 164;
at Vionville, his brilliant Cavalry charge, 178;
his brigade, 180.
Brême d’or, farmhouse, Germans take, 126.
Brieulles sur Bar, 251, 256.
Briey, 166, 187;
road to, 195;
Germans on roads by, 240, 246.
Brincourt, General, brigade of Guards at Colombey, 153;
brigade, 215.
Bruch-Mühle, 101, 102.
Bruville, 184;
French position after Vionville, 186;
outposts, 190.
Buchy, 143, 155.
Buddenbrock, General von, captures Vionville, 173.
Budritzky’s troops, 221.
Bülow, General von, with batteries at Vionville, 172.
Busch, Dr. Moritz, cited, on Sedan, 321, 323;
on Bismarck and the Emperor, 331, 333.
Buzancy, 245;
French in, 248, 249, 250;
German and French Cavalry skirmish, 256, 257, 259, 260, 264;
King William and staff watch Beaumont fight from, 269;
German head-quarters, 291.
Buxières, village, 171, 173.
Cadenbronn, 117.
Cambriels, infantry commander at Beaumont,
ordered back by MacMahon, 270.
Camp de Misère, le, in the loop of Meuse, 336.
Canrobert, Marshal, 68, 93;
at Chalons, 134, 135, 145;
on the Moselle, 148;
over Moselle, 149, 153;
halted at Rezonville, 161;
position before Vionville, 169;
his brigade recedes, 174;
recapture of Vionville and Flavigny, 177;
intrenching tools left at Chalons, 196;
evidence on patrols, Bazaine trial, 199;
his phrase about German “_tirailleurs d’artillerie_,” 201;
his cannon and infantry, 203;
extreme French right, 207;
outposts discovered, 210;
borrows from Ladmirault, 215;
looks for help from Bazaine, 223, 224;
retreat, 225;
to Metz, 226;
commands _Mobiles_, 236, 237, 278;
at Noisseville, 280, 281, 300.
Canrobert’s Corps, 141;
at Vionville, 180;
6th Corps, 195;
Cavalry, 233, 235.
Capitulation of Sedan, the text drawn up by
Head-Quarter Staff (German), 330.
Carignan, road to, eastern way out of Sedan, 296, 297;
Emperor vanishes from, 287;
Guard cavalry take, 291, 301, 303;
Wimpffen proposes to retreat on, 315.
Carling, Steinmetz at, 139.
Castagny, General de, misled (Spicheren), 129;
did his best but was too late, 130;
slightly hurt at Colombey-Nouilly, 157;
at Vernéville, 161.
Castelnau, Count, at Donchery, 326;
interposes, 329;
with Emperor, 331.
Causes of the war, summary of, 52, 53, 54.
Cavalry combat at Mars la Tour, 183, 184.
Cavalry, French, its traditions, charge at Woerth, 108;
movements of, 249;
positions at Sedan, 296;
charge at Sedan, 313, 314, 315.
Cavalry, German, over the Saar, 118;
at work, 139, 140, 141;
watchfulness of, 150;
activity beyond Moselle, 163, 164, 165;
movements, 247, 248, 250, 256, 257;
value of cavalry, 259;
close on French rear, 263;
operations of, 233, 234, 291.
Cazal, 310;
defended by Liébert, 315, 316;
Germans in, 317.
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