Whatever The Cause, The Germans Gained Six Days,' Which Von
Moltke appears to have applied thus. The Crown Prince, stopping his march on Paris, turned slowly north, not to catch MacMahon, but to cut off his retreat, and by the 29th was......
Macmahon, However, With Splendid Tenacity, Renewed The...
1st September, having probably been joined by the 13th Corps, and evidently at first gained some advantage, for the Flourenville correspondent of the Standard telegraphed at......
There Is Therefore, On Friday Night, An Immense Balance Of
probability that MacMahon, after four days of desperate fighting, including two of alternate success and failure, was at last driven backward on Sedan with enormous losses, and......
Before We Begin The Narrative Of Events We Must Once
more call attention to the numbers. It appears day by day more probable that the German account was correct, and that France was in- vaded or threatened by an army such as the......
Macmahon Did, As We Imagined, Attempt To Relieve Metz....
received reinforcements and supplies until be had an army of five corps of soldiers, one of marines, and about one of Gardes Mobiles, Franc-Tireurs, and other sundries, say......
Meanwhile, An Army, Consisting Of The 4th And 12th Corps
and the Royal Guard, had been formed out of the enormous force round Metz, and entrusted to the Crown Prince of Saxony, a soldier who behaved well in Bohemia, and who is heir of......
News Of The Week.
T EIE week has been a heart-breaking one for France. The last military chance has failed, and the country, if saved at all, must be saved by a popular war. The same inexplicable......
