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Title: The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931, ed
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Sully and Kleinteich
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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enough in the morning to take any part in it, but that, while all the peaceful citizens had long been roused by the noise of the guns, they were still sleeping and their regiments wereled into action by the subalterns. The first sign of the defeat of the French army was the wounded, riderless horses that rushed back into the town—first a few, then increasing chasseurs, lancers, all mingling together; horses bearing the trappings of every regiment in the service, yet still no riders, and their flanks stained with blood. It was long before the citizens would believe but that the French had gained the victory. Surely it was impossible that any nation in the world could defeat 80,000 Frenchmen—till at last the fact began to dawn upon them, and was confirmed by the appearance of the disordered fugitives. The French lost at Sedan 39 generals, 2,300 officers, and 84,000 men, while 10,000 escaped into Belgium. With the surrender of Sedan ends the first half of the story of the Franco-Prussian War.
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-■ ti 111 a. tn re u) O CD E CC u 5 Q c 11 uUI nI S 18Q, THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAiN WAR 181 The unfortunate news was concealed in Paris; but as soon as it became known, the empire fell and the Empress Eugenie fled to England. During this campaign numbers of French peasants took up armsand formed irregular corps called francs-tireurs. The Germans re-fused to recognize them as forming part of the regular French force,and w^hen members of this corps were captured they w ere immediately shot. After the capitulation of JNIetz (October 27, 1870), and de-fensive operations were undertaken by Gambetta, the francs-tireurswere organized, and they proved a most efficient addition to the French army. One town after another now fell—Nancy, Strassburg, Metz, Rheims, Dijon, Laon, Soissons, Orleans, and Rouen. The new minister of war, INIontauban Palikao, formed a new ministry composed of ultra-Bonapartists; and the disastrous war news was doctored be-fore it reached the public. It was not long before Paris

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