Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . dvance continued. When the Ger-mans were within one hundred yards of the village, theFrench evacuafed it, not caring to wait for the last rush. At five oclock m the afternoon, the French army washolding all *ts principal positions from one end of the lineto the other, and had only lost a few unimportant 6th corps on the right wing held its ground at and Roncourt. The 4th corps was also unmovedin its position at Amanvillers and Montigny-la-Grange ;but the 3d corps had been compelled to
Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . dvance continued. When the Ger-mans were within one hundred yards of the village, theFrench evacuafed it, not caring to wait for the last rush. At five oclock m the afternoon, the French army washolding all *ts principal positions from one end of the lineto the other, and had only lost a few unimportant 6th corps on the right wing held its ground at and Roncourt. The 4th corps was also unmovedin its position at Amanvillers and Montigny-la-Grange ;but the 3d corps had been compelled to evacuate the Boisdes Vaux in front of its left wing, although it was still inits strong position on the Moscou Heights. In front ofthe 2d corps, every attack of the Germans had been re-pulsed. The Imperial Guard was still held in reserve andwas impatient to be brought forward. Marshal Bazainewas confident that the day would end in a victory for theFrench, in view of the circumstance that the Germans hadlost much more heavily than his own army and hadgained no position of 340 DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO. But he was not aware that up to that time the Germanshad only brought about half their disposable forces intoaction, and that a large body of German troops was readyto advance on both wings, especially on the left. Except-ing the artillery, only one infantry brigade of the 12thcorps and the Prussian Guards had been in action at , while the two reserve corps of the left wing wereready to be brought forward. The 7th and 8th corps onthe left wing and the 16th infantry division and the 2dcorps with parts of other divisions and brigades wereready to be brought into action whenever desired. Inbrief, it may be said that three corps had been in action,while there were five corps, including the Prussian Guards,which were practically fresh for the fight. For five hours the battle had been steadily raging onthe right of the Guards without any gain on one side orth
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