Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 39

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Excerpt from Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 39: December 15, 1904Marshal Mac Mahon. The engagement was brought on by the desire of Louis Napoleon to achieve a French victory, which was necessary to his prestige. He had little thoughts of the numerical su'. Periority of the enemy, or of the political consequences of defeat. Mac Mahon was so completely defeated that from that time his army was scarcely a factor in the struggle, but the international in¿uence of the battle was of the greatest import ance. All thoughts of military alliance with Austria or Italy were at an end, and Russia decided to remain absolutely pas sive during the con¿ict. The French] army was paralyzed. Napoleon had his head-quarters at Metz and seemed incap able either to advance or retreat. 'mean while all the divisions of the German army had entered French territory and] were pre ssing the armies of the emperor, especially the command of Marshal Baz aine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.