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
St. Germain, ravine, 214.
St. Hilaire, 170, 182.
St. Hubert, farm, above Gravelotte, narrow causeway by, 194;
strong, 196;
contest at, 205, 206, 207, 212;
slopes near, 213;
Germans hold, 214;
last fights, 215, 216;
in twilight, 217, 218.
St. Julien, fort, 148;
278, 279.
St. Marcel, 169.
St. Marie aux Chênes, Canrobert occupies, 195;
German Guard advance on, 198, 202, 203;
held by French, 206, 207;
described, 208;
attack on road through, 209;
abandoned, 209;
Saxon guns north of, 219;
high road to, 221;
General Pape at, sends out Guard, 222.
St. Menehould, 232, 242, 251.
St. Menges, 296, 301, 306;
Germans occupy, 307, 308;
and push on, 309, 310, 311.
St. Mihiel, 240.
St. Privat la Montagne, _see_ Gravelotte, 194–225.
St. Quentin, Mount, fort, 160, 161, 194, 195;
highest point of position, 196;
214.
St. Ruffine, 211, 215, 218.
Salignac-Fenelon, General, 315.
Salzburg, meeting of Austrian and French Emperors at, 33.
Sansonnet, 161.
Sarreguemines, Montaudon at, 117;
118, 119;
retreat on, 128, 129;
137, 138.
Sauer, stream, and Sulz, 100, 107.
Saulny, 223;
wood of, 224, 226.
Saverne, 99, 112;
retreat on, 114, 115, 116;
railway tunnels west of, 144.
Saxon 12th Corps, 267;
at Beaumont fight, 269.
Saxon horse cut off Lebrun’s baggage, 287.
Saxon infantry at St. Marie, 210.
Saxons in Daigny, 304, 305.
Saxony, King of, in Pirna, cited, 229.
Saxony, Prince Royal of (Crown Prince), at Gravelotte, 198;
at Auboué, 207, 210;
in command of Army of the Meuse, 230, 241;
244;
at Clermont in Argonne, 254;
to cross Meuse, 260;
early march to Beaumont, 264;
to attack, 285;
anticipates orders, 291;
secures Chiers bridges, 292, 297.
Saxony, Prince George of, 207, 208;
holds French, 263.
Schellendorf, Colonel Bronsart von, 320.
Schlotheim, General von, 248.
Schmidt, Captain, artillery feat, 127.
Schultz, General, engineer, 284.
Schwarzkoppen, General von, 181, 182.
Schwerin, General von, 121.
Sedan, 146, 234;
Bazaine suggests retreat on, 242, 249;
256, 266;
occupation of, 272, 274–276;
281, 286–289, 294;
battle-field described, 295, 297;
battle of, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303;
Emperor returns to, 311;
final efforts, 316;
end of battle, 317;
condition of interior, 319;
losses on both sides, 336.
Seille, river, reached by patrols, 140;
142, 148, 151, 158, 189.
Selz, 85.
Semuy, 249.
Senuc, 250; 264.
Sermaize, 232.
Servigny, 148, 155, 279, 280.
Sesmaisons, Captain, 289, 290.
Seton, Captain, remarks on Steinmetz, 212.
Sheridan, General, U.S., 322.
Sierck, 70.
Solferino, effect of French success, 6;
Napoleon’s saying after, 318.
Sommauthe, Bavarians in, 274.
Sommerance, 264.
Sourd, M. le, presents Declaration of War, 1, 52.
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