New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
NAT OTHER CRY ",
~ON TO BERLNl''
,.,rIbIe Campaign of 1870
ID the tragedies That
Were Enacted

~ the declaration OF war WIN
= ., il July, 1870, From one end
6cs. r., 70 the other the cry re-
W 20 be presently taken up all
'''l1 rance. men in every station 81
ee "a Of all ages asking only 70 DC
~ asl;le screened from observa.
cavalry curtain nearly SW'
~ = length. Germany was quietly
ssss more than million soldiers
,Ssp all WAS ready a Sonside I,e
~ .,on Of this host, divided INTO tnIee
~ 49, yr,ies, marched across the IRON
es- swooped down from three Az
rsI directions upon the main French
-. quarter Of million men, COM
AsSa.S by Marshal Bazalne.
s. ~. rrsncb. taken by surprise, sur
- 49, and outnumbered. fell back
NJ The Germans circled them
~ q ring Of iron.
nm was seen how Frenchmen can
~bcn confronted with seemingly
~ -SeIripg odds. Again and again
y sgain. with hardly a pause ne
I'M thew threw themselves against
4. speircliug Germans, trying TO preaH
s,nngh. but in vain. Il was q week
Sastles The slaughter was awful.
I. V;onville. when night fell. lI,OOO
md wounded French soldiers cum
- sbe Ground. and the German loss
q, nsarly as great. Here there tell
80 Prince of ReuSS, and the flower
Sgs German nobility. killed in few
100 bv the unexpected unmasking
"a mitrailleuSe battery. Here; too,
.,rrred that famous BRlaclava charge
IA German cavalry regiment against
.k,aery OF field artillery, by which 1t
!. almost entirely destroyed. On the
r.ssrA side were similar exhibitions of
,,soism. One regiment went into
s6op 200 strong and quilted the iield
"a only 227 men unwounded. An
sssr lost al its officers save one.
SERIES OF TRAGEDIES.
This was on August l6; two days
~ the French renewed the attack at
ryslotte. Here there fell 10000
S,nebmen and 5000 Germans. But
min i, was the latter who were vic
gaous. and Bazaine. baffled and beat
: vas driven back into Metz. There
IRE many other desperate sorties, but
the end famine forced him to sur
rder. The Germans were jubilant,
"a not without reason, for there fell
10 their hands on this historic oc-
,siOn three field marshalS, SiXty-six
rserais. about 5000 officers of other
1nkz. 10000 men, 500 pieces of artil-
M and ffty-three eagles, or stand
rls
Meantime. al Sedan, an even more
ispendous tragedy had been enacted.
he great French army Of the north,
commanded by the Emperor Napoleon
person, had been similarly hemmed
b. three other German armies under
is King and Crown Prince Of Prussia
ed the Grown Prince of Saxony. The
french here fought to the death. The
arnage was awful. the field next day
sag described AZ a mass Of shattered
,nes, torn flesh ands colored rags.
Two thousand Frenehmen. the pick
"a flower OF the beaten army, offered
make q supreme effort to try to
'eak through the enemy with the En-
XVI. But Napoleon sorrowfully shook
Is head. lie realized that further re-
stance was hopeless. The Germans
"a contracted their circle close round
Ndan; their formidable artillery held
u TIE heights. from which they could
4 pleasure wholly destroy the fortress
I'D its garrison.
HIS TOKEN OF SURRENDER.
Very slowly. his head bent down, the
Emperor strobe from the street into
be house where he had rested the
light before A servant maid passed
In in the corridor Napoleon beckoned
her.
DO you happen to have any linen? ,"
g asked "A piece of white linen?"
Would a Serviette do. sire?" in
aired the giIl. with a puzzled air.
no. no; that wouldn't be large
aough. A bed sheet would do"
Sorry, sire; the sheets have all been
'gn up to make bandages for the
pSaded"
The Emperor uttered an exclamation
Z Impotence. Then his eyes fell on
te breakfast table. from which the
cookery had not yet been cleared.
The very thing" he calculated, and
shipped up the white damssk cloth,
szthriag cups and plates on the
ioofl
Here he said, addressing his aide
scamp. take this and hoist it on the
pof It is time TO capitulate. There
rpst be no more useless slaughter"
The officer took the cloth and looked
iioand for a pole to attach it to. In
ae corner, near the fireplace, he espied
broom. lie knocked off the head
'galnst the iron CRATE, tied the cloth 10
Lana ran upstairs.
20 ended the second French Empire
lhs signal Of its downfall a table,
Goth stuck ON a broom handle.
Bot il tue French armies were beat
% the French people were not. They
ene forward as one man and enrolled
Atmselyes BY regiments and by bril-
ades TO form another army. Those
20 we're too old OF TOO young to be
.rolled became "free fighters"
iancS'tireursD, and haraSsed the enc
9ys hnes Of communication, Because
aey wore no uniform the Germans
rN''ufu 10 recognize lneSt Tree HBHb-
q Is belligcrents, and shot without
5si all who happened to fall alive into
Aer hands Thousands were merci-
ssly butChcrcd IN this way, whole
Aages being sometimes eXterminated,
al BazelleS, where the inhabitants
'se or the invading Germans from
9s'r windows and the gardens of their
~Oses' But other thousands came for
.Fd to take their places, caring moth
- ior the risks they ran--risks that
regular soldiers had not TO face
\ mat they could strike a blow for
aslr beloved country.
Aeanwhile, however. nothing could
~y the resistlcss advance of the Ger
-a1 armies, who were now marching
y farls. Soon the capital was closely
a'e'1ed. No one could either get in
out Famine stalked the streets Of
once gay city, while from the
SaIs all round the heavy German
Suefy poured into it continual
s Of explosive projectiles, doing in
y. lay damage both to public buildings
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