Elsasshausen, French right, 98, 106, 107; German attack on, 110, 111; set on fire, 112. Emperor. _See_ Napoleon. Empress of the French, Eugénie, fatal conduct in politics, 81; made Regent, 137, 235–239; Napoleon’s telegram, 335. England, irritated by Mexican adventure, 32. Epinal, 131. Erize la Petite, 254. Etain, 165, 246. Failly, de, General, commander of 5th Corps, 61, 73; at Saarbrück, 74, 92; fluctuating, 96, 97; joins MacMahon after Woerth, 116; Spicheren, 117; halts, 131; to Nancy, 134; counter-ordered, 135, 138, 144; troops, 233; in twenty trains, 234; movements, 256, 258, 259; MacMahon’s despatches to, captured, 260, 261; action at Nouart, 262, 263; in the Ardennes, 266; camp at Beaumont attacked, 268; repels attack and retires, 269, 270, 273; 285, 288. Failly, village, 278, 279, 280, 281. Faulquemont, 139; Emperor visited by Bazaine at, 140. Faure, General, 252, 319; at Donchery, 326. Favre, M. Jules, 52, 81. Fenestrange, 144. Flanville, 280, 281. Flavigny (Vionville), 171, 173; taken by Germans, 174, 176. Fleigneux, 306, 307, 309. Flize, Würtembergers engage Vinoy’s outposts at, 293, 295. Floing, north-west face of French position, at Sedan, 290, 296; Germans in, 308, 309, 313. Forbach, 79, 94, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123; 128, 129, 130, 137, 138, 139. Forbacherberg, 126, 127. Forton, General de, 163; falls back on Vionville, 164, 168, 169; want of patrols, 171; returns cavalry charge, 178. France, General de, 166, 183. François, General von, at Spicheren, 122, 124. Fransecky, General von, at Gravelotte, 204, 217. Francheval, 287, 291, 300, 306. Frederick II., the Great, his Manstein, 199; compared, 229. Frederick William IV., 2. French Court, the, projects of, 21. French, the, propose to move, 147; unable to cross Moselle, 148, 149; retreat after Colombey, 159; surprised by artillery (Vionville), 170; advance, 214; counter-stroke at Floing, 310. French prisoners sent to Germany, 336. French Generals, examples of two fatal errors, 147; meeting to consider Capitulation, 324, 325. Frénois, German battery in, fires on Vinoy, 289; batteries at, alarm French railway officials, 292; batteries on, to give signal to renew, 323, 324. Fresne, 165. Froeschwiller, MacMahon’s position, 98, 102, 106, 107; road to, 110; 112; Raoult wounded at, 113; captured, 114.