“...the weather was atrocious. A frightful storm burst upon us. We camped literally in water...To cap our woe, there was no means to light a single fire. We had to imagine dinner.” WarMilitaryFrancePrussiaCampaignFranco Prussian Book:The Reality of War: A Memoir of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, 1870-1871 Source: The Reality of War: A Memoir of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune, 1870-1871
“It is not the first time that Belgium has had to undergo a dangerous ordeal. But never has the situation been more serious than today! … Freedom, honor, the very existence of the fatherland is at stake.” WarFranceLeopold IiBelgiumPrussiaLeopold Ii Of BelgiumKing Leopold IiFranco Prussian WarFranco Prussian Author:Leopold II