 | Carl Abel - Europe - 1871 - 658 pages
...expressing to me the deep grief he felt at being called to sign a capitulation so fatal for the French arms forty-eight hours after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after he had undertaken the command ; yet the want of provisions and ammunition, and the absolute impossibility... | |
 | Henry Montague Hozier, William Henry Davenport Adams - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - 1870 - 554 pages
...Majesty; and this, after we went with him to Frenois, was then accepted and signed without dispute. The conduct of General Wimpffen, as also that of the...after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after taking the command, to subscribe his name to a capitulation so deplorable for the French nation. Want... | |
 | George Hesekiel - 1877 - 668 pages
...forbear, in talking with me, to give expression to his deep pain that he particularly should be called, forty-eight hours after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after his assumption of command, to set his name to a capitulation of such ill omen for the French arms ;... | |
 | William I (German Emperor) - Europe - 1903 - 292 pages
...officer could not forbear expressing to me how deeply he was pained that he should have been called upon, forty-eight hours after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after he had assumed command, to set his name to a capitulation so fatal to the French arms, that, however,... | |
 | William I (German Emperor) - Europe - 1903 - 290 pages
...officer could not forbear expressing to me how deeply he was pained that he should have been called upon, forty-eight hours after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after he had assumed command, to set his name to a capitulation so fatal to the French arms, that, however,... | |
 | Kuno Francke, William Guild Howard - English literature - 1914 - 594 pages
...officer could not forbear expressing to me how deeply he was pained that he should have been called upon, forty-eight hours after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after he had assumed command, to set his name to a capitulation so fatal to the French arms, that, however,... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - 1871 - 886 pages
...not restrain himself from expressing to me his deep pain that he should be just the one to be called, forty-eight hours after his arrival from Africa, and half a day after assuming the command, to place his name under a capitulation, so ominous to French arms ; nevertheless,... | |
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... Fresnois, was accepted and signed without opposition. The demeanor of General v. Wimpffen, as also that of the other French generals, during the previous night was very dignified, and this brave officer could not forbear expressing to me how deeply... 