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At Sedan wave after wave of German dive bombers swooped on the French defenders of the south bank.

The war started, and the German generals routed the French ones, capturing the Emperor himself at Sedan and besieging Paris.

In three small engagements on the Meuse River (August 29 to 31), the Germans forced Mac-Mahon to fall back to the fortress at Sedan.

It was followed by the Count de Mac-Mahon's abortive attempt to rescue Bazaine, which ended in Mac-Mahon's crushing defeat at Sedan.

After a short convalescence at Sedan, Mac-Mahon was appointed head of the Versailles Army, which defeated the Paris Commune revolt in May 1871.

Asked about the recent surrender of the French army and emperor at Sedan to the forces of Prussia, the Confederate president says his country will not interfere.

One French army, under Achille-François Bazaine, was bottled up in Metz; another, under Patrice de Mac-Mahon, was cornered at Sedan.

Cappel studied theology at Sedan and Saumur, both in France, and Arabic at the University of Oxford, where he spent two years in England.

A white Ford Explorer SUV reportedly broadsided an Infiniti G35 sedan at Harbor Boulevard and Sunflower Avenue at 7 43 a.m., Scott said.

"Look at these cars," said Dezo El, pointing at the sedans and S.U.V.'s hugging the curb of South Elliott Place.

I'd look at 1948-54 Plymouth sedans".