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
Gravelotte, French Army directed towards, 159;
169, 171, 177, 191;
battle-field described, 193, 194, 195;
French position, 196, 199;
204, 206;
German position, 206;
Goeben and Steinmetz at, 212;
darkness ends fight at St. Hubert, 217;
course of battle, 218–223;
numbers and losses on both sides, 226, 227;
229.
Gravelotte, Bazaine’s account of, 241.
Gravelotte, defile, road across, 212, 213.
Gravelotte, road from, to Verdun, 168, 169;
road out of Metz, 159.
Gravelotte battle, various names for, 228.
Great Staff, German, leaves Berlin with King, 70;
at Mainz, 77;
142, 188;
surprised at MacMahon’s eastward march, 244.
Grenier, General, his division, 149;
at Colombey, 153, 154;
at Vionville, 180, 181.
Greyère, farm, 181, 185, 186.
Grigy, 155.
Grimont, farm, 151;
Bazaine consults generals at, 277.
Grimont, Bois de, 279.
Grouchy, Le Capitaine Marquis de, despatches captured, 260.
Grossbliedersdorf, 79.
Guard, French, 215.
Guard, Prussian, and Saxon at Gravelotte, 209–227.
Guard, losses at St. Privat, 227.
Gueblange, 139.
Gunstett, Uhlans cross Sauer at, 91;
(Woerth), 100, 103, 106, 107, 109.
Habonville, 195, 202, 203, 206;
Guard at, 208, 210.
Hagenau, 84, 85, 89, 100, 115.
Ham, 79.
Hanover, King of, with Austria and the Bund, 9, 13.
Han sur Nied, 163.
Hapsburg-Lorraine, House of, 161.
Harricourt, 258.
Harskirchen, 139.
Hartmann, General Ritter von, at Woerth, 100, 102, 105, 106, 112;
cavalry, 212.
Hasse, Captain, Battery at St Hubert, 213.
Hatzfeldt, Count, 323.
Heiltz l’Evêque, 232.
Hellimer, 139.
Helmuth, Captain, 272, 273.
Helvig, Captain Hugo, on French position, 99.
Henry, Prince, Governor of Luxemburg, 24.
Herny, 143;
King and Staff at, 162.
Hesse Darmstadt, included in the Prussian military system, 14.
Hesse, Prince Louis of, Lieut.-General commanding
Hessian division, 72;
at Vionville, 186;
holds Bois de la Cusse, 202;
at Noisseville, 280.
Hesse, Grand Duke of, 72.
Hessians at Amanvillers, 220, 221.
Hochwald, 100, 113.
Hohenzollern, Candidature of Prince Leopold of,
for the crown of Spain, 41, 42;
withdrawn, 45.
Holland, King of, discloses the designs on Luxemburg, 25.
Holstein-Schleswig, 7.
Hungary and Austria, 10.
House of Belgian weaver, meeting of Napoleon and Bismarck, 332.
House of Commons, English, averse to war, 7.
Iges, peninsula on the Meuse, 295.
Illy, village, 287, 308, 312, 313.
Illy, Calvaire d’, 290;
French position, 295, 296, 306, 308, 310, 312;
Germans reach, 313.
Ingweiler, 115.
Investment of Bazaine, troops for, 230.
Iron Cross, The Order of the, restored, 70.
Isle Chambière, Ladmirault crossing at, 160.
Italian Kingdom created, 6.
Italy, Victor Emmanuel, King of, Napoleon appeals to, 160.
Jägers save railway viaduct, 294.
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