Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September, 1870
Thenceforth, the long-gathering strength of Prussia, the foundations of which were bedded deep in the history of its people, began to assume a form and a direction which great events revealed to astonished and incredulous Europe. The experiment undertaken by the King and his chief councillors was rendered less difficult by that effect of the Crimean War which so materially lessened the in?uence of Russia in Germany. The intimate and friendly 'relations sub sisting between the two Courts remained unbroken, and to its preservation in fair weather and foul.
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