CHAPTER 1

THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR of 1870. I. n the mid eighteen-hundreds, Europe was mostly at peace. The religious and trade wars had diminished and the ravages of Napoleon were becoming a distant memory. ... SOLDIERS OF THE II ARMY! You now step onto French soil. Without cause, Emperor Napoleon has declared war on Germany. He and his army are our enemy. ................
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