Thus, with the powerful infantry columns advancing upon Flegneux, the investing line drawn around Sedan was nearly completed.Continuing Battle of
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Napoleon III’s Army Retreats Towards Sedan
The regiment had marched without knapsacks, and neglected previously to take out their cartridges.Continuing Battle of Sedan,with a selection from
The Battle of Sedan
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: German Army Crosses the Meuse River.IntroductionThe Franco-Prussian War
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 29
Might not the unhappy colonists left on the shores of Texas still be rescued from destruction?Previously in The Discovery of the Great
Constantinople Liberated
Today's installment concludes Crusader Empire Rules Constantinople ,our selection from Constantinople by William J. Brodribb and by Sir Walter
Byzantines Ready Counterattack
It seems but a poor result of the conquest of Constantinople by the Latins that all which came of it was the transference of relics from the East to
Constantinople’s Weakest Emperor
His manner of reigning was to travel about Europe begging for money.Continuing Crusader Empire Rules Constantinople ,our selection from
The Latins’ Weak Rule of Constantinople
Of territory, indeed, the Latin empire had none in the sense of land producing revenue.Continuing Crusader Empire Rules Constantinople ,our
Crusader Disasters in the Balkans
Already the leaders of the crusade, who only three years before had set sail so proudly from Venice, were dead or on the point of death.Continuing