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THE DOWNFALL
(LA DÉBÂCLE)
A STORY OF THE HORRORS OF WAR
BY
ÉMILE ZOLA
TRANSLATED BY ERNEST A. VIZETELLY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE DOWNFALL
PART I
FROM THE RHINE TO THE MEUSE
IN CAMP—A GREAT DISASTER
THE PANIC—FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS
TALES OF TWO BATTLES—THE EMPEROR
ON THE MARCH—THE SPY
IN BATTLE ARRAY—THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME
AN ARMY'S CALVARY—CHASED BY THE FOE
IN VIEW OF SEDAN—SILVINE'S STORY
SEDAN AT LAST! THE EVE OF BATTLE
PART II
THE BATTLE OF SEDAN
THE ATTACK ON BAZEILLES—THE EMPEROR UNDER FIRE
MAURICE RECEIVES THE BAPTISM OF FIRE
INSIDE SEDAN: NAPOLEON'S MIDNIGHT AGONY—TWO WOMEN
A WOMAN'S HEROISM—THE HORRORS OF BAZEILLES
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CALVARY—THE GREAT CHARGE
THE WHITE FLAG—THE HORRORS OF AN AMBULANCE
THROUGH THE ROUT—THE FIGHT AT THE HERMITAGE
TRUCE AND SURRENDER
PART III
WOE TO THE VANQUISHED!
SILVINE'S QUEST—AMONG THE SLAIN
THE HORRORS OF CAPTIVITY—STARVATION, MURDER, AND DISEASE
THE SLAVE-DRIVERS—A BID FOR FREEDOM
DARK DAYS—BAZAINE THE TRAITOR—THE TIDE OF WAR
GOLIATH THE SPY—AN AWFUL VENGEANCE
THE CONQUEROR'S SWAY—GIDDY GILBERTE
INSIDE PARIS: SIEGE AND COMMUNE—THE BARRICADES
THE BURNING OF BABYLON—THE BITTER END
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.
NOTES.
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