Chapter II: Preface: Maps

_PART I_

FROM THE RHINE TO THE MEUSE

CHAP.

I. IN CAMP--A GREAT DISASTER

II. THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS

III. TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR

IV. ON THE MARCH--THE SPY

V. IN BATTLE ARRAY--THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME

VI. AN ARMY'S CALVARY--CHASED BY THE FOE

VII. IN VIEW OF SEDAN--SILVINE'S STORY

VIII. SEDAN AT LAST!--THE EVE OF BATTLE

_PART II_

THE BATTLE OF SEDAN

CHAP.

I. THE ATTACK ON BAZEILLES--THE EMPEROR UNDER FIRE

II. MAURICE RECEIVES THE BAPTISM OF FIRE

III. INSIDE SEDAN: NAPOLEON'S MIDNIGHT AGONY--TWO WOMEN

IV. A WOMAN'S HEROISM--THE HORRORS OF BAZEILLES

V. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CALVARY--THE GREAT CHARGE

VI. THE WHITE FLAG--AN AMBULANCE

VII. THROUGH THE ROUT--THE FIGHT AT THE HERMITAGE

VIII. TRUCE AND SURRENDER

_PART III_

WOE TO THE VANQUISHED!

CHAP.

I. SILVINE'S QUEST--AMONG THE SLAIN

II. THE HORRORS OF CAPTIVITY--STARVATION, MURDER, AND DISEASE

III. THE SLAVE-DRIVERS--A BID FOR FREEDOM

IV. DARK DAYS--BAZAINE THE TRAITOR--THE TIDE OF WAR

V. GOLIATH THE SPY--AN AWFUL VENGEANCE

VI. THE CONQUEROR'S SWAY--GIDDY GILBERTE

VII. INSIDE PARIS: SIEGE AND COMMUNE--THE BARRICADES

VIII. THE BURNING OF BABYLON--THE BITTER END

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