Villers l’Orme, 156, 280. Ville sur Yron, 183. Vinoy, General, 253, 289, 290; and troops escape, 293; 336. Vionville, 164; 166; -Mars la Tour battle, 167–187; road towards, after battle, 190, 229. Vitry, 232, 233; cavalry capture stray French, 234, 241. Void, 232. Voigts-Rhetz, General von, commander of 10th Corps, comes up at Mars la Tour, 170, 182. Völkingen, outposts in contact, 78. Voncq, Germans take prisoners at, 263. Vosges, mountains, 66, 67; defiles of, open, 115, 116; 131, 143. Vouziers, MacMahon’s army at, 234, 243, 245, 248, 250, 257, 259. Vrémy, 148, 279. Vrigne au Bois, 307. Wadern, remarkable march from, 127. Wadelincourt, 310. Walther, General von, begins attack at Woerth, 101. Warniforêt, hamlet, 271. Warren Wood, or Bois de la Garenne, 317. Wedell, General von, at Vionville, 182. Weise, Colonel von, 184. Werder, General von, at Woerth, 100, 104; bombards Strasburg, 283, 284. William I., King of Prussia, Regent in 1858, work and plans, 2, 3; military reform, 3, 4, 5; council in Berlin, 9, 10; Hohenzollern candidature, Benedetti at Ems, 42–45; leaves Ems, 46; mobilization, 52; restores Order of Iron Cross, 70; characteristic journey to Mainz, 72; headquarters at Herny, 158, 165; at Pont à Mousson, 189; joins Prince Frederick Charles, 190; his armies facing the Rhine, 193; on Flavigny heights, 197, 204; watches fight from Malmaison, 214; sanctions advance on Frossard, 215, 216; starts for Paris, 231, 232, 234; 242; consulted, issues orders for grand right wheel, 246; Bar le Duc, 254; at Clermont, 255; Varennes, 259; Grand Pré, 264; and staff on hill near Buzancy, 269; 284; orders to Crown Prince and Saxon Crown Prince, 285; at Sedan, 320, 321, 322, 323, 332; meets Napoleon, 335; greets troops, 336; hears of Paris Revolution, 338. Winterfeld, Captain von, 320. Wimpffen, General de, 1, 52; arrives at Sedan, 288, 296; takes command, 301, 302, 303, 307, 311, 312, 315–317; conduct during negotiations and Capitulation, 319, 325–335. Wiseppe, stream, 262. Wissembourg, 84, 85; battle, 86–90; 167; road from Landau to, by Pirmasens, 67. Woerth, bridge broken, 91; French position, 96; battle, 101–114; consequences, 115, 116. Woippy, road out of Metz to, 159, 223. Woyna, General von, at Spicheren, 123, 126; at Colombey, 153. Würtemberg, Prince Augustus of, at Gravelotte, 199, 203; sends in Guard, 219, 220; at Givonne, 306, 308. Würtemberg joins Prussian military system, 14. Würtembergers, 254, 264. Xonville, 163. Yron, river, 183, 186. Yoncq, 271, 272. Zastrow, General von, at Spicheren, 121, 125; at Colombey, 153, 155, 157, 191, 192. Zieten hussars, 261. Zingler, Captain von, 334. Zouaves escaped to Paris, 304.