Transcriber's Note

PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. FROM DUBLIN TO PARIS VIA BRUSSELS. THE WAR FEVER. LEVIES TO THE FRONT.

CHAPTER II. I JOIN THE ANGLO-AMERICAN AMBULANCE. M. DE FLAVIGNY'S SPEECH. TO MEZIERES AND SEDAN.

CHAPTER III. AT SEDAN. THE EMPEROR IN TRANSIT. OUR FIRST

CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1870. EXPERIENCES AT THE

CHAPTER V. THE BURNING OF BAZEILLES. WORTHLESS FRENCH OFFICERS. A WALK ABOUT SEDAN. IN THE VALLEY.

CHAPTER VI. WORK IN THE HOSPITAL. THE ISLE OF IGES. MY ARAB HORSE. PRISONERS SENT INTO GERMANY.

CHAPTER VII. MORE WOUNDED. SIGHTS AFTER THE BATTLE. A COUNTRY

CHAPTER VIII. TWO THOUSAND PATIENTS. NIGGER CHARLIE. LOUIS

CHAPTER IX. SUSPICIOUS PRUSSIANS. THE ILLUSTRIOUS

CHAPTER X. RISKY TRAVELLING. AT BRUSSELS. FRENCH AMBULANCE

CHAPTER XI. AT ROUEN. ON THE ROAD TO PARIS. IN THE WOODS

CHAPTER XII. A TOWN CAPTURED BY FIVE UHLANS. MANTES TO

CHAPTER XIII. THE PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS IN VERSAILLES. A

CHAPTER XIV. ENTERING TO THE SOUND OF CANNON. 66 QUAI DU

CHAPTER XV. ASSISTANT SURGEON. IMPRESSIONS OF THE GERMAN

CHAPTER XVI. CASES AND PATIENTS. MARTIN DILGER. HEAVY

CHAPTER XVII. FALL OF METZ ANNOUNCED. THE BAVARIANS EVACUATE

CHAPTER XVIII. AFTER THE BATTLE. ORLEANS FROM WITHOUT AND

CHAPTER XIX. OUR AMBULANCE RETURNS. ENTRY OF THE

CHAPTER XX. AMERICAN FRANCS-TIREURS. PONTOON BRIDGE OVER THE

CHAPTER XXI. TO THE FRONT. TURCO AND ZOUAVE

CHAPTER XXII. BATTLE OF PATAY. THE FRENCH RETREAT. KNIGHTS

CHAPTER XXIII. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS. THE TOWN CARRIED BY

CHAPTER XXIV. DESECRATION OF THE CATHEDRAL. MY FIRST CAPITAL

CHAPTER XXV. CHRISTMAS DAY AT STE. EUVERTE. GOING THE

CHAPTER XXVI. VISITORS. NEW YEAR IN HOSPITAL. THE CHURCH

CHAPTER XXVII. TRAVELLING IN FROST. AMMUNITION TRAIN IN

CHAPTER XXVIII. STRASBURG AFTER THE SIEGE. ALONG THE

CHAPTER XXIX. IN ORLEANS ONCE MORE. PEACE IS SIGNED. AN EASY

CHAPTER XXX. I FALL ILL OF FEVER. GERMANS LEAVE ORLEANS. MY

CHAPTER XXXI. AN APPENDIX. M. AND MADAME COLOMBIER. VISIT TO

EPILOGUE.

INDEX.

Transcriber's Note (2)

Title: With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War

Personal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies 1870-1871

Author: Charles Edward Ryan

Language: English

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