1351 
GENERAL BOURBAKI?’S CAMPAIGN 
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1871. 
BY 
TM MEAG U ERE Hse) iD: 
(Inns of Court Rifle Volunteers). 
(A Lecture delivered at the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, 
Thursday, December 18th, 1894). 
Cononen C, C. Trencn, R.A., Director ARTILLERY COLLEGE, IN THE CHAIR. 
THe Cuairman—Gentlemen it is not necessary for me to introduce Dr. 
Maguire to you, he is so well known among us here (applause). 
Dr. Macurre—Colonel Trench and gentlemen, I need scarcely say 
that I consider it a very high honour indeed to be allowed to address the 
officers of the Royal Artillery again, and that I feel as usual a con- 
siderable amount of hesitation at venturing to address such an audience 
on a military subject; but Major Abdy was kind enough to allow me, 
some years ago, to givea general summary of the operations under- 
taken by Gambetta to deliver France from the Germans after the 
disaster of Sedan, and he thought it well to continue the treatment of 
the subject, as thus: having first given a general sketch of Gambetta’s 
schemes, going into more detail, and dealing with the several sections 
of the operations directed by that very able lawyer and rhetorician, 
and his staff. 
The particular section which we treated of last time was Chanzy’s 
operations from the Loire to the Sarthe. On this occasion we propose 
to deal with Bourbaki’s operations. The last time it was Chanzy’s 
operations from the Loire, across the smaller Loir to the river Huisne and 
the river Sarthe. Against him was operating Prince Frederick Charles, 
the Duke of Mecklenburg’s corps, and three corps that had been at 
Metz. At the same time Faidherbe was moving from the northern 
fortresses across the Somme down towards the north of Paris, and was 
stopped by two corps of the 1st German army, which had been at 
Metz, viz., the lst and 8th corps. 
It is necessary, just for one minute, that I should recapitulate a little 
before going on to the details of Bourbaki’s operations. 
The results of Gravelotte and Sedan were these: that Bazaine was 
shut up in Metz by the Ist and half the 2nd German army, now called 
the 2nd German army; that the other half of the 2nd German army 
3, VOL, XXII. 
