Metz and the siege seen from the cathedral tower
A traveler recalls the Metz siege through a cathedral panorama and battlefield visits. He notes the changed city, memorials for French and German troops, and the grim parallel to later European conflicts as he longs for lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Retonville
Gravelotte
Borny
Metz
Bismarck
Lorraine
Europe
Triberg
Danube
England
Luther at Worms Oratorio In Elberfeld With New Books
Herr Meinardus offers an oratorio Luther at Worms to be staged in Elberfeld. Whittaker plans a handy volume of Familiar English Quotations with notes. Religious Tract Society releases English Pictures with Pen and Pencil and Cowper’s Select Letters with life and writings. Leath issues Grounds of Christian Faith, while Stoughton drafts progress of divine revelation. Dean Howson adds Meditations on the Miracles. Canon Rawlinson studies Origin of Nations and Noahic descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meinardus
Luther
Worms
Elberfeld
Whittaker
The
Religious Tract Society
Cowper
Leath
Stoughton
Dean Howson
Canon Rawlinson
Renewed Russian Assault on Plevna in Bulgaria
The Daily News reports a fresh Russian attack on Plevna with heavy artillery and advancing columns. Russians reach within 1,200 to 1,400 yards of Turkish fortifications while Uschitza falls. Roumanian support fights bravely, and Turkish defences remain strong on the left. Casualties cited include about 500 for the Russian side on southern advances.
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Plevna
Bulgaria
Prince Charles
Uschitza
Nicholas
Osman Pasha
St. Petersburg
Grivica
Alexander Anghelescu
Russia
Dorobanzian Regiment
Lom
Kara Lom
Daily News
Rustchuk
Czarewitch
Mehemet Ali
Popkoi
Danube
Biela
Kacelyevo
Ablava
Tantra
Gagova
Sistova
Pyrgos
Mehemet Ali Pasha
Suleiman Pasha
Shipka Pass
Constantinople
Balkans
Kasan
Osman Bazar
Shumla
Kiela
Gagovo
Polomarea
Roumania
Chasseurs of the Guard
Vilna
Simnitza
the Times
Gravitza
Rustchak
Ahmed Eyoub Pasha
Bucharest
Metcika
Sultankai
Metchka
Ahmed
11Th Corps
Tirnova
Kosaravica
5Th Corps
Sultankoi
Radetzky
Drenova
Elena
Bebrova
Frederick the Great
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