France was in a blaze of indignation, and war was declared.
Not a shadow of doubt existed as to the result as the French army moved away bearing with it the boy prince imperial, that he might witness the triumph.

Not only would the French soldiers carry everything before them, but the southern German States would welcome them as deliverers, and the new confederation would fall in pieces in their hands.

The birthday of Napoleon I., August 15th, must be celebrated in Berlin! This was the way it looked in France.

How was it in Germany?
There was no North and no South German.

Men and states sprang together as a unit, under the command of Moltke and the Crown Prince Frederick William.
The French troops never got beyond their own frontier.