 AM with Moltke and the French generals about the capitulation to be concluded, I was awakened by General Reille, with whom I am acquainted, to tell me that Napoleon wished to speak with me. Unwashed and unbreakfasted, I rode towards Sedan, found the Emperor...  Throne-makers - Page 74by William Roscoe Thayer - 1899 - 329 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Otto Bismarck (Fürst von) - 1878 - 286 pages
...the Emperor, prisoners of war. Yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, after I had been negotiating until 1 o'clock AM with Moltke and the French generals about...Sedan, found the Emperor in an open carriage, with 3 aides-de-camp and 3 in attendance on horseback, halted on the road before Sedan. I dismounted, saluted... | |
 | Otto Bismarck (Fürst von) - 1878 - 302 pages
...the Emperor, prisoners of war. Yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, after I had been negotiating until 1 o'clock AM with Moltke and the French generals about...Sedan, found the Emperor in an open carriage, with 3 aides-de-camp and 3 in attendance on horseback, halted on the road before Sedan. I dismounted, saluted... | |
 | Otto Bismarck (Fürst von), Johanna Bismarck (Fürstin von) - 1901 - 472 pages
...whom I know, called me up to say that Napoleon wished to speak with me. Without washing or breakfast, I rode towards Sedan, found the Emperor in an open carriage with three adjutants, and three more at hand in the saddle, on the main road before Sedan. I dismounted, saluted... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Mrs. Lucia Isabella (Gilbert) Runkle, George Henry Warner - 1902 - 440 pages
...into the fortress, where they had to surrender themselves, along with the Emperor, prisoners of war. Yesterday morning at five o'clock, after I had been...wished to speak with me. Unwashed and unbreakfasted, I rede towards Sedan, found the Emperor in an open carriage, with three aides-de-camp and three in attendance... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1905 - 474 pages
...Emperor, prisoners of war. Yesterday morning at five o'clock, after I had been negotiating until i AM with Moltke and the French generals about the capitulation...speak with me. Unwashed and unbreakfasted, I rode toward Sedan, found the Emperor in an open carriage, with three aides-de-camp and three in attendance... | |
 | Kuno Francke, William Guild Howard - 1914 - 594 pages
...whom I know, called me up to say that Napoleon wished to speak with me. Without washing or breakfast, I rode towards Sedan, found the Emperor in an open carriage with three adjutants, and three more at hand in the saddle, on the main road before Sedan. I dismounted, saluted... | |
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