Identifier: descriptiveportr02king (find matches)
Title: Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: King, Edward, 1848-1896
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass., C.A. Nichols & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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elieve lie has never people, were at once convinced thatundertaken to deny or defend it. it was useless to destroy fine masonryHe was not anxious, however, nor had over streams which the enemy couldhe the power, to prevent the organization bridge for itself ten minutes afterof the great effort of the last few days the arches and piers were sprung.of November. It is at once curious and Genius has been not inaptly describedsad to note that this French sortie, as as an infinite capacity for taking pains,all the battles ill the campaign, had ami the supply of this capacity in thefailed for lack of proper preparation of German army was quite wonderful,material resources absolutely necessary The French could improvise a defenseto the carrying out of a military plan, out of the incessant labor of a few days;If the engineer who was charged with in desperate valor and in self-sacrificethe preparation of the pontoon I nidges they were the peers of their enemy; but, EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. 339
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340 EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. when it, came to eool foresight and engineers who had not got the bridges abundant calculation, they were infinitely ready.) General Vinoy, who was to inferior. advance upon Choisy, was not warned The Maine was not bridged at the in time. He executed his movement, proper time by the French pontoons, and when he found that the governor ami tin1 stupendous operations which had adjourned his. in was forced to General Vinoy and General Ducrot were retreat alter suffering heavy losses. to have carried into effect were checked, This event caused an emotion which and finally ruined. The ly advantage you will easily understand ; but it must which the French derived from the sortie not he exaggerated. The governor has was the infliction of tremendous losses taken possession of the plateau of Avron, upon the enemy, and of the addition of where he has strongly fortified himself, a brilliant page to French military his- and where he intends to continue his toiv. oper

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