etains

Updated: May 19, 2025

When my friend left the forts were firing on Pierrefitte and Etains, and the Prussians were established in front of Bourget. My friend, who thinks he has a genius for military matters, observes that we ought to have either left Bourget alone, or held it with more troops and more artillery.

Henry Labouchere - Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris