Chapter XIII: Sedan

German Decision—Confusion in the French Camp—The Movements
of the Germans—The Battlefield of Sedan—The Battle of
Sedan—MacMahon’s Wound and its Consequences—Progress of the
Battle on the Givonne—The March on St. Menges—The Eleventh and
Fifth Corps Engage—The Condition of the French Army—The French
Cavalry Charge—General de Wimpffen’s Counter stroke—The Emperor
and his Generals—King William and his Warriors—How the Generals
Rated Each Other—The Generals Meet at Donchery—Napoleon III.
Surrenders—The French Generals Submit—The End 285

APPENDICES.

I. The German Field Armies—II. The French Army—III. The
Protocol of Capitulation—IV. A List of the Principal Works
Consulted for the Campaign of Sedan 339

INDEX 359

MAP AND PLANS.

I. BATTLE OF WOERTH.

II. BATTLE OF SPICHEREN.

III. BATTLE OF COLOMBEY-NOUILLY.

IV. BATTLE OF VIONVILLE-MARS LA TOUR.

V. BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE.

VI. BATTLE OF SEDAN.

VII. GENERAL MAP.

THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN.