Prussian generals occupy Ferrières estate
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- The House of Rothschild whole source · open book
On September 17 General Gordon ordered the head butler to arrange dinner for fifteen; when thirty-two guests turned up there was not enough food to go around (though sixty-five bottles of wine were consumed) and Gordon had one of the servants locked up in the stables overnight as a punishment.
chapter: SIX - Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)