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See S. Basch, "Erinnerungen aus Mexico." On June 26, 1865, Marshal Bazaine was married to Mlle. de la Pena. The Emperor and Empress expressed a wish that the ceremony and wedding breakfast should take place at the imperial palace.
Reconcile factions, establish a durable peace based upon solid principles." See Dr. Basch, "Maximilien au Mexique," p. 303. After making this supreme effort on behalf of his generals, he employed his remaining hours in dictating letters, and when night came he slept soundly.
Reyes, who was present, to Dr. Basch. Loc. cit., p. 308. He then laid his hands on his breast, and looked straight before him. Five shots fired at short range pierced his body; each of them was mortal. He fell, and as he still moved, the officer in charge pointed to his heart with his sword, and a soldier stepped, forward and fired a last shot.
Basch and to his Mexican secretary, Senor Blasio.* He then confessed to Padre Soria and heard mass in General Miramon's chamber, where the condemned men received the last sacraments, after which he signed his letters and took leave of those about him. In removing his wedding-ring and handing it to Dr.
The physician who afterward examined the remains, preparatory to embalmment, could not find a single bullet; all had gone through the body, and it was his opinion that death must have been almost instantaneous, and that the movements observed were convulsive.* * Dr. Basch says: "The head was free from wounds.
It is claimed by Dr. Basch* that the priest's arguments had as much to do with bringing the ministers to resume their portfolios as the marshal's firmness. However this may be, the crisis was avoided. On October 2, Maximilian, Senor Arroyo, Father Fischer, Dr.
Basch, he said: "You will tell my mother that I did my duty as a soldier and died like a Christian." After this he quietly awaited death. * One of these letters, written to Senor Don Carlos Rubio, reads as follows: "Full of confidence, I come to you, being completely without money, to obtain the sum necessary for the carrying out of my last wishes.
Before he went out Maximilian asked him, should he be wounded in the sortie, to prevent his capture by blowing out his brains.* * Basch, loc. cit., p. 233. The Imperialist leaders had returned to their respective quarters. The Emperor, however, was ill with dysentery; the excitement of the approaching conflict kept him awake, and he did not retire till one o'clock.
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