Sedan 1870 · the Eclipse of France by Fermer, Douglas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Title Page Dedication Copyright Page Contents List of Plates List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Hereditary Enemies?

The Pendulum of Conquest The Peace Settlement of 1815 The Ferment of Nationalism Napoleon III Takes Power Broken Dreams of German Unity A Franco-German Crisis, 1859

2. Prussia Conquers North Germany

Prussian Army Reform Bismarck Comes to Power Bismarck Confronts Austria Napoleon III Watches the Rhine A Battle in Bohemia Germany Reshaped

3. Dark Clouds on the Horizon

The French Search for ‘Compensation’ The Luxembourg Affair French Army Reform Moltke is Ready France Lives on her Military Heritage The South German Question

4. The Crisis

The Liberal Empire Spanish Complications ‘The Devil is Loose at Paris’ The Declaration of War

5. The Armies Mobilize

German Mobilization French Mobilization

6. The Invasion of Alsace

Wissembourg Frœschwiller The Retreat

7. The Empire Totters

Power Changes Hands The Châlons Conference The Beleaguered Army

8. The Army of Châlons

An Improvised Army The Die is Cast The March to the East

9. The Path of the Invader

The Conflict Deepens The Germans Wheel North

10. Hunter and Hunted

Nouart Beaumont The Retreat to Sedan The Pursuit

11. Battle

Fighting Begins at Bazeilles French Changes in Command The End in Bazeilles The Battle Spreads Northwards The Trap Closes The Ring of Fire The Cavalry Charges The French Collapse Death Throes Ceasefire

12. Aftermath

Capitulation Death, Wounds and Imprisonment Departures Recrimination and Memory in France

Conclusion Appendix: Order of Battle Notes Bibliography

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