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Title: Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: King, Edward, 1848-1896
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass., C.A. Nichols
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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fog hindered the French officerscarrying orders from one part of thefield to another in their movements.This, doubtless, greatly demoralized theensemble of the action. From Saint Germain, and from theVilla Stern, we had very advantageousviews of the fight. From behind thetrenches which protected the French the EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. 3G9 fire was steady, and seemed graduallyforcing the Prussians to give wa^. TheKing left Versailles early in the after-noon, attended b^ a numerous guard,and took up his post on the viaduct ofMarly, whence he had witnessed the affairat Le Bourget in October. The Germansuniversally hailed the occasion as the been chosen by the French as the pc/intwhere they might form without being ob-served, while they waited their turn in themovements. By and by Saint Germainbecame an object of close attentionfrom the French fire, and many shellswere aimed witli splendid accuracy atthe pontoon bridge over the Seine. f^^S^W;
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THE WALT> OF BUZENVAL. — EPISODE OF THE 8TEGE OF PARTS. baptism of fire (or the new Emperor,and lie was acclaimed whenevc^r heshowed himself to tlie enthusiastic sol-diery. From Saint Germain, al)out mid-afternoon, we observed a great massingof French troops in the edge of the Boisdu Vesinet. This beautiful wood, whichlay spread out like a lordly park beforethe spectators on the great terrace, iiad One, two, and three, l)ursl near bv with-out inflicting nnich damage ; at last thegunners got their range, and threw thel)rojectile8 directly on to the structure.Then, as ill-luck would have it, the shellsdid not l)urst. Finally tJiis was givenup, and the gunners from llic batteriesiu front of Valerien tried long-rangeshot at the Pavilion Ileuri IV., at the 370 EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. end of the terrace ; and there was ageneral sauve qui pent., until it wasdemonstrated that Valerien could notreach that point. Duiing the fewhours since ten oclock the concentra-tion of German troops ne

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