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IN WHICH BENEDICT'S PREDICTION CONTINUES TO BE FULFILLED The visit to the field of battle having been paid, the king followed the highway and entered the town of Langensalza. He established his …
WHAT PASSED AT FRANKFORT BETWEEN THE BATTLES OF LANGENSALZA AND SADOWA Frankfort followed from afar and with anxiety the struggle which went on in the other parts of Germany. But she did not believe …
THE FREE MEAL The burgomaster was uneasy, and did not try to hide it. The Prussians had marched on Frankfort by way of Vogeberg: a combat was bound to take place on the frontiers of Bavaria, and, if …
THE BATTLE OF ASCHAFFENBURG During his dinner, Prince Alexander of Hesse had received this dispatch: "The Prussian vanguard has appeared at the end of the Vogelsburg pass!" This news very m…
THE EXECUTOR Benedict had jumped into the Main on the left side of the bridge; the current carried him towards the arches. When he came to the surface he looked round him and saw a boat moored to one…
FRISK In less than an hour and a half they were in sight of Dettingen, which was the more easy to see because it appeared from afar as the centre of a vast fire. As they drew nearer, Benedict said th…
THE WOUNDED MAN The torchbearers had come up and a group, picturesque and terrible, was formed, by the bright light of the burning resin. Karl had not been plundered like the other corpses, the dog h…
THE PRUSSIANS AT FRANKFORT In Frankfort all was sorrow and dismay at the news of the defeat. The inhabitants were deeply apprehensive of their treatment by the Prussians since seeing what had occurre…
GENERAL MANTEUFFEL'S THREATS At five o'clock in the afternoon of July 17th, as the general had said, he sent to the bank a squad of eight men under the command of a sergeant-major, accompan…
GENERAL STURM Brigadier-General Roeder, who had replaced General Manteuffel, had brought with him General Sturm and his brigade. Baron von Bülow was the principal staff officer of this brigade, and, …
