Railway, questions of control, Belgian, Luxemburg, and St. Gothard, 39, 40. Rastadt, 65, 92. Rations, in Sedan, sent away by mistake, 289. Rauch, Colonel von, at Flavigny, Hussars capture battery and surround Bazaine, 175. Raucourt, 271; Douay retires on, 265; attacked, 274; 293. Raoult, General, 99, 106, 110, 113. Reconnaisances, French, inadequate, 167. Redern, General von, before Metz, 163; follows Murat, 164; at Flavigny, 178. Red Hill, Rotheberg, or Spur at Spicheren, 119, 120, 122; storming of, 124, 125, 126, 127; Spicheren road up, 128. Reichshofen, 84, 96; and Niederbronn, 100, 109, 112, 113, 114. Reille, General, 320, 325, 331. Reims, 234, 242, 244, 245, 246; 3rd Army Cavalry in sight of, 247; 249, 251. Remilly, 231, 260; disordered French retreat to, 272, 273; 293. Remonville, 264. Reppertsberg, Spicheren, 120. Revigny les Vaches, Crown Prince’s head-quarters, 255. Rex, Colonel von, at Spicheren, 121; in Bois des Ognons, 185. Rezonville, 164; road from Gravelotte to Verdun through, 168, 169; (Vionville battle), 170, 171, 177, 179, 186; 188, 190, 191, 197; 2nd Corps at, 215, 242. Rheinbaben, Lieut.-General Baron von, at Spicheren, 119, 120; effective operations on Verdun road, 163; at Vionville, 170; begins battle with battery, 171; his work done, 172. Retonfay, 279. Rhetel, MacMahon’s army at, 243, 249. Rhine, the, and Moselle, 65; bridges and ferries destroyed, 70; 76. Roman road, Vionville, 169, 171. Roncourt, high ground, French position, 194; open descent to, 195; limit of French right, 207, 208, 210, 211; Saxons at, 222, 223, 224. Roon, General von, made War Minister, 3; administrative measures, 5, 6; causes King to retire out of fire, 216; with King, 321. Rosseln, Von Golz marches from, 129. Rouher, M., 38, 49; goes to Emperor at Chalons, 240; suggests proclamation, 241. Rozérieulles village, 160; French reserves in, 194. Rupigny, 281. Russell, Dr. William, diary cited, description of Bismarck at Bar le Duc, 255; of Sedan and the King, 321; of Crown Prince, 322. Russell, Lord, Danish question, 7. Russia, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16. Saar, 76; French positions on, 92; German, 95, 118, 119; French, 136; 138, 139; upper, 143, 144. Saarbourg, 116. Saarbrück, 70; affair at, 73, 77, 118, 119; road, 152. Saarlouis, 77, 136; road from, 152, 158, 230. Sachy, guard at, 292. Sadowa, battle of, 13, 14, 16. St. Ail, 195; German batteries at, 203; 209, 210; and St. Marie, Prussian Infantry Guard, 219, 221. St. Avold, 79, 94, 117, 120; Bazaine at, 124, 129; Castagny called to, 130; 138, 140, 143. St. Barbe, village and church tower, 151, 152, 153; ravine, 154, 156; 277, 278, 279, 280. St. Dizier, 234.