One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . .£ V THE EXPANSION OF GERMANY 261 and Prussia. We have seen what reasons Bismarck had for themethods pursued by him and those projected. Napoleon Illsgovernment, justly censured by opinion for the weakness whichit had shown in 1866 and constantly losing its authority, wasdestined to fall into the first trap its adversary would set for this trap was and the momentous events to which it led willbe described in the next chapter. CHAPTER XVII The Franco-Prussian WarBirth of the German Emp
One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . .£ V THE EXPANSION OF GERMANY 261 and Prussia. We have seen what reasons Bismarck had for themethods pursued by him and those projected. Napoleon Illsgovernment, justly censured by opinion for the weakness whichit had shown in 1866 and constantly losing its authority, wasdestined to fall into the first trap its adversary would set for this trap was and the momentous events to which it led willbe described in the next chapter. CHAPTER XVII The Franco-Prussian WarBirth of the German Empire and the French Republic Causes of Hostile Relations—Discontent in France—War wth Prussia Declared—Self-deception of the French—First Meeting of the Armies—The Stronghold of Metz—Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte—Napoleon III at Sedan—The Emperor a Captive;France a Republic—Bismarck Refuses Intervention—Fall of the Fortresses—Gambettain Command—Defiant Spirit of the French—The Struggle Continued—OperationsBefore Paris—Fighting in the South—The War at an End. IN 1866 t
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