02262cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500840014426400510022830000470027933600260032633700260035233800360037850000310041450802000044552011380064553400450178365300350182865300250186385600430188899900170193154823UtSlPG20260610134249.0mcr n260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDC1 aHooper, George,d1824-189014aThe Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2017  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2017-06-01  aE-text prepared by Brian Coe, David Tipple, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870" by George Hooper is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the significant military engagements during the Franco-Prussian War, particularly the battles that led to the fall of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire. It aims to provide an insightful narrative of the events leading up to Sedan and their historical impact.  The opening of the book sets the stage for the conflict by highlighting the political landscape of Europe during the late 1860s, revealing the tensions between France and the newly unified Germany under Prussian leadership. It introduces key historical figures involved in these events, such as Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck, while outlining the critical miscalculations and diplomatic maneuvers that contributed to the outbreak of war. Hooper discusses France's declining military power and the rise of a unified Germany as a formidable force, framing the eventual Battle of Sedan as a pivotal moment that reshaped European geopolitics. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFranco-Prussian War, 1870-1871  aSedan Campaign, 187040uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54823  c95655d95655