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Charles Edward Ryan. With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War
Table of Contents
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 MÉZIÈRES AND SEDAN
CHAPTER III. AT SEDAN.—THE EMPEROR IN TRANSIT.—OUR FIRST. RETREAT BEFORE THE PRUSSIANS.—THE CASERNE. D'ARSFELD
CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1870.—EXPERIENCES AT. THE CASERNE.—WOUNDED HORSES.—THE FRENCH. RETREAT BECOMES A STAMPEDE.—SOLDIERS DESPAIR
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 RAMBLE.—HEAVY HOSPITAL TASKS.—L'EAU. DE ZOUAVE
CHAPTER VIII. TWO THOUSAND PATIENTS.—NIGGER CHARLIE.—LOUIS. ST. AUBIN, CHASSEUR D'AFRIQUE.—THE BOY. PEYEN.—GUNS CAPTURED IN THE TOWN
CHAPTER IX. SUSPICIOUS PRUSSIANS.—THE ILLUSTRIOUS STROMEYER.—OPEN-AIR. TREATMENT.—NEUTRALITY BECOMES. DIFFICULT.—DR. SIMS LEAVES US.—UNDER ARREST.—FAREWELL. TO SEDAN
CHAPTER X. RISKY TRAVELLING.—AT BRUSSELS.—FRENCH AMBULANCE. BREAKS DOWN COMPLETELY.—WE START. AGAIN FOR PARIS
CHAPTER XI. AT ROUEN.—ON THE ROAD TO PARIS.—IN THE WOODS. AMONG THE FRANCS-TIREURS.—TAKEN FOR SPIES.—A. REFUGEE FENIAN.—TO MANTES
CHAPTER XII. A TOWN CAPTURED BY FIVE UHLANS.—MANTES TO. VERSAILLES.—WE ARE ANNEXED BY THE GERMANS.—GENERAL. SHERIDAN AND NIGGER CHARLIE.—SOUTHERN. EXILES
CHAPTER XIII. THE PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS IN VERSAILLES.—A. POLISH LADY.—THE BURNING OF ST. CLOUD.—GERMAN. PRINCES.—BY ÉTAMPES AND THE. BATTLEFIELD OF CHEVILLY TO ORLEANS
CHAPTER XIV. ENTERING TO THE SOUND OF CANNON.—66 QUAI. DU CHÂTELET ASSIGNED TO US, ALSO THE. RAILWAY TERMINUS.—DESCRIPTION OF OUR NEW. QUARTERS
CHAPTER XV. ASSISTANT SURGEON.—IMPRESSIONS OF THE GERMAN. CHARACTER.—THE ARMY AND ITS DISCIPLINE.—STATE. OF SIEGE.—VON DER TANN'S PROCLAMATION.—LEOPOLD. SCHRENK
CHAPTER XVI. CASES AND PATIENTS.—MARTIN DILGER.—HEAVY. LOSSES.—FRENCH IRRELIGION CONTRASTED WITH. GERMAN PIETY
CHAPTER XVII. FALL OF METZ ANNOUNCED.—THE BAVARIANS EVACUATE. ORLEANS.—OUR DIFFICULT POSITION.—WE. ARE TOLD OFF TO THE BATTLEFIELD.—THE. ENGAGEMENT AND VICTORY OF THE FRENCH
CHAPTER XVIII. AFTER THE BATTLE.—ORLEANS FROM WITHOUT AND. WITHIN.—THE MOB AND THE AMBULANCE.—THE. BAVARIAN GIANT
CHAPTER XIX. OUR AMBULANCE RETURNS.—ENTRY OF THE FRENCH.—THEIR. DISHEVELLED APPEARANCE AND DISARRAY.—WE. ARE SENT OUT OF THE RAILWAY. STATION
CHAPTER XX. AMERICAN FRANCS-TIREURS.—PONTOON BRIDGE OVER. THE LOIRE.—FRENCH CARELESSNESS.—SOLITARY. DEATHS OF THE WOUNDED
CHAPTER XXI. TO THE FRONT.—TURCO AND ZOUAVE ENCAMPMENTS.—SKIRMISHING.—FALSE. NEWS.—THE SHAM FIGHT. AT NEUVILLE.—RETURN TO THE CITY
CHAPTER XXII. BATTLE OF PATAY.—THE FRENCH RETREAT.—KNIGHTS. TEMPLARS.—THE BATTLE CONTINUED.—ATTACK. ON ORLEANS BY THE GERMANS.—BURNING. OF THE PONTOON BRIDGE
CHAPTER XXIII. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS.—THE TOWN CARRIED BY. ASSAULT.—NARROW ESCAPES.—THE RED PRINCE. ENTERS WITH HIS WHOLE ARMY
CHAPTER XXIV. DESECRATION OF THE CATHEDRAL.—MY FIRST CAPITAL. OPERATION.—MORE FIGHTING.—WOUNDED BAVARIANS
CHAPTER XXV. CHRISTMAS DAY AT STE. EUVERTE.—GOING THE. ROUNDS.—YOUNG HEROES.—ARRIVALS DURING. THE NIGHT.—A GLIMPSE OF THE DEAD-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXVI. VISITORS.—NEW YEAR IN HOSPITAL.—THE CHURCH. EVACUATED.—I GET FURLOUGH—AND CATCH A. NIGHT-GLIMPSE OF PARIS
CHAPTER XXVII. TRAVELLING IN FROST.—AMMUNITION TRAIN IN. DIFFICULTIES.—FERRIÈRES.—THE CAMP OF. CHÂLONS.—HOW GERMAN OFFICERS TREAT JEWS
CHAPTER XXVIII. STRASBURG AFTER THE SIEGE.—ALONG THE RHINE.—HOME, AND BACK AGAIN TO VERSAILLES.—CAPTAIN. BRACKENBURY.—I LOSE MY PAPERS AND. HAVE TO GET FRESH ONES
CHAPTER XXIX. IN ORLEANS ONCE MORE.—PEACE IS SIGNED.—AN. EASY TIME.—SENDING AWAY THE CONVALESCENTS.—THE. AMBULANCE BROKEN UP
CHAPTER XXX. I FALL ILL OF FEVER.—GERMANS LEAVE ORLEANS.—MY. BROTHER ARRIVES FROM HOME.—END OF MY. EXPERIENCES AS A FIELD SURGEON
CHAPTER XXXI. AN APPENDIX.—M. AND MADAME COLOMBIER.—VISIT. TO THE BATTLEFIELD OF COULMIERS.—THE SOLE. FRENCH VICTORY.—CONCLUSION
EPILOGUE
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Charles Edward Ryan
Personal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies, 1870-1871
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In the meantime I was sent out with eight or ten others of the Swiss Ambulance, to collect money in the streets through which we passed. We went in a body, and had each a little net bag at the end of a long pole, very like a landing net, but with a longer handle and a smaller net. As we passed along we cried out, "Pour les blessés," and as the omnibuses and carriages drew up while we were passing, we availed ourselves of this opportunity by putting our bags up to and sometimes through the windows, and landing them in the laps of those within. By this means we got heaps of silver pieces, and even gold from some of the best dressed personages. We also put our nets up to the windows, wherever we saw them occupied, and into the shops. Large crowds gathered along the route, and everybody gave something—a great many two and five franc pieces. It was several hours before we reached the railway station, as we went very slowly. All knew by my accent that I was a foreigner, and perhaps British; and they seemed to like the idea, for they pressed forward to throw their coins to me, when there were other nets nearer them. When the time of reckoning came I found that I had collected more than my comrades. I saw ladies in the carriages that passed us crying bitterly, and the weeping and evident grief of the ambulance men on parting with their friends at the railway terminus were very touching. Having placed my money in the van I returned to the Palais de l'Industrie, where I was introduced to M. le Verdière, second in command in the Belgian Ambulance. He desired me to come at nine o'clock next day to get into my uniform and prepare for starting.
Highly pleased at what I considered at last a success, I went, as I had previously arranged, to see Dr. M—— at the Irish College. He received me very warmly, and introduced me to a Chinese bishop with a pigtail, whom I found a most intelligent and agreeable man.
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