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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XI. | |
MAXIMILIAN'S VACILLATION — REPUBLICAN SUCCESSES. | |
1860. | |
Maximilian at Orizaba — Preparations for Departure — Indecision — Persuasions of Father Fisher — Return of Miramon and Marquez — Austrian Crown Prospects — Maximilian Warned not to Return to Austria — Council of Orizaba — French Protests — Juarists Gaining Strength — United States Volunteers — Army Movements — Ortega's Party — Bazaine's Quarrels | 236 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH. | |
1867. | |
Further Disaffection between Bazaine and the Court — Recall of European Soldiers — Bazaine's Conduct and Character — Exchange of Prisoners — Departure of Troops — Bazaine in Disgrace in France — Cost of Expedition — A New Council Upholds the Empire — Movements of Miramon — Maximilian at the Head of the Army — His March to Querétaro — Invested by the Republican Forces | 264 |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
IMPERIALISM CAGED. | |
1867. | |
Mariano Escobedo — His Physique and Character — Imperial Lines — Skirmishing — Convento de la Cruz — Marquez Sent to Mexico — New Ministery — Miramon — Besiegers Reënforced — Assaults and Repulses — Maximilian Decorated for Bravery — Starvation — Marouez Suspected of Treachery — Salm-Salm Prepares to Go in Search of Him — Plans to Break through the Lines Defeated | 281 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
DEATH OF EMPIRE AND EMPEROR. | |
1867. | |
Miguel Lopez the Traitor — His Plot to Betray Maximilian — Seizure of the City — Arrest of Maximilian and his Generals — Imprisonment — Abdication — Terms Proposed — Court-martial Ordered — Trial and Conviction — Petitions and Intercessions — Execution of Maximilian, Miramon, and Mejía — Effect of Execution in America and Europe — Reflections on the Character and Career of Maximilian | 299 |