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
Crown Prince of Prussia, Frederick William, commands Third Army, 69;
at Spires, 70;
leads advance, 76, 77;
at the Klingbach, 79;
on the Lauter, 84;
attacks Wissembourg, 86;
checks pursuit, 89;
position after, 91;
before Woerth, 96, 99;
August 6th, 103, 104, 115;
139, 159, 232, 241;
his Cavalry near the Aube, 247;
at Bar le Duc, 254, 255;
to Ste. Menehould, 259;
ordered to attack at Sedan, 285;
his operations, 292;
at Chémery, 294, 295, 297;
directs troops to Mézières road, 307;
his officers described by Russell, 322;
conference with King, 323.
Custines, village, 158.
Czar of Russia, the, more than friendly, 16;
his Eastern designs, 17.
Daigny, bridge at, over Givonne, 293;
Germans fall back at, 304;
succeed at, 305.
Damvillers, 246, 256;
plan of abandoned, 257.
David, M. Jérôme, 49, 81.
Decaen, General, commanding 3rd Corps, 136;
at French Centre, 148–151;
his four divisions at Colombey, 153;
mortally wounded, 157.
Declaration of War, 1, 52.
Delme, 143.
Despatches, important French, captured, 233.
Diet of Frankfort, 12.
Dieulouard, 141, 142, 143, 158, 163, 164, 189.
Doering, Major-General von, at Spicheren, 121;
killed at Vionville, 173.
Dombasle, 232, 254, 256.
Dom le Mesnil, 295, 307.
Donchery, failure to blow up bridge at, 289;
Germans prepare to pass Meuse at, 290, 293, 295, 300;
bridge, 307;
meeting of generals at, scene, 326, 327–330, 331, 336.
Doncourt, 177;
hills, 180.
Douay, General Abel, divisional commander, 84, 85;
killed at Wissembourg, 86, 87, 88.
Douay, General Félix, Chief of 7th Corps, 68, 131, 144;
movements of, 249, 250;
ordered to move on the Meuse, 258;
to cross it, “_coúte que coúte_,” 271, 274, 276;
occupies Floing and Illy, 290;
shelled, 308, 309;
Wimpffen and, 311, 312, 313, 316;
and the Capitulation, 319.
Douzy, village, Ducrot’s corps at, 286, 287;
Saxons pass, 291;
and hold bridge, 292.
Drouyn de Lhuys, M., Foreign Minister, 16‒20.
Ducrot, General, divisional commander, 84;
at Woerth, 98, 99, 106, 110;
begins to retire, 113;
complains of scarcity, 243;
276;
Emperor in camp of, 286;
urges Emperor to go to Sedan, 287;
fired into, 291;
holds the Givonne, 296;
takes command of Army, 300;
superseded by Wimpffen, 301, 302;
operations, 303, 304;
disputes, 311, 312;
appeal to cavalry, 313, 315, 316;
his description of interior of Sedan, 319;
altercation with Wimpffen, 316, 317, 325.
Dumont, General, division commander of Douay’s corps, 144;
sent after Bordas, 250;
at Beaumont, 271.
Dun, on the Meuse, 247, 257, 259, 262.
Dürrenbach, 107.
Duvernois, Clement, 49, 81.
Eberbach, village, 98, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110;
stream, 107, 110.
Elbe Duchies, the, taken from the Dane, 7.
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