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CONTENTS.
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| Introduction | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Alleged Cause of the French Intervention—The Convention of La Soledad—Real Position of Juarez—Commencement of Hostilities—Previous Negotiations with Maximilian—Secret Aim of the French Intervention—Cause of England's Withdrawal—Disappointment and Opposition of General Prim—Napoleon's first 'Idea'—He throws off the Mask—Feeble Character of the French Policy | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The War begun—The Repulse at Puebla, and its Causes—General Marquez—Condition of Mexico—Arrival of General Forey—His Delays and Mismanagement—Protracted Siege and Capture of Puebla—Triumphal Entry of French into Mexico | 19 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| French Organisation of Mexico—Convocation of a Junta—Unwillingness to join it, and the Cause—Decision for a Monarchy—Offer of the Crowu to Maximilian—The Council of Regency—Maximilian's Doubts—Arrival of General Bazaine as Commander-in Chief—His Difficulties—Juarez and Church Property—Peace restored in Mexico—Arrival of Maximilian—His Virtues, his Faults, and his Fate | 28 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Intention of this History—Political Conduct of the French and Mexican Cabinets—Character of Maximilian, and his Earliest | |
