The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870
CHAPTER VII.
VON MOLTKE KEEPS THE WHIP HAND.
The French Propose to Move—The Battle of Colombey-Nouilly—Von Golz Dashes In—The End of the Battle—The French Retreat—The Germans Cross the Moselle—The Cavalry Beyond the Moselle—Orders for the Flank March—The Emperor Quits the Army 145