The Prussians launch an attack on the French, who are forced to retreat on the road to Strasbourg. Desaix, a French general, comes up with a plan for a counterattack. Vaury tries to tell Guévan, a Prussian general, about the plan, but he fails to do so. The French counterattack is successful, Guévan is killed, and the Prussians are driven out. Vaury is executed for treason.

Rod and string marionette

Not specified

France

Roubaix

Handwritten outline

Capital executions and executors

Battle

Treason

Spying

Dramatic

Maurice Richard, canevas de L'Espion (1909)

French

General

Prussian

Soldier

Spy (man)

Battlefield scene

Execution scene

L'Espion

The Spy