When the French troops were marching to Sedan, Fouchard
concealed all the animals on his farm, burying even his supply of bread
and wine, in the hope of being able to sell to better advantage later
on. The death of his son, who was killed in the battle, cost him a few
tears, but he was quickly consoled by some good purchases of horses
stolen from the battlefield. He took Prosper Sambuc as farm-worker,
because the soldier, being liable to imprisonment by the Prussians,
could not ask him for any wages. He began to do a considerable trade
in butcher-meat with the conquering army, selling them all the diseased
animals that he could secure. A suspicion of being concerned in the
death of Goliath Steinberg led to his arrest, but he was released soon
afterwards, thanks to the intervention of Captain von Gartlauben, a
friend of the Delaherches. La Debacle.
FOUCHARD (HONORE), only son of the preceding. At twenty years of age, in
1867, he drew a good number for the conscription, but on account of
the opposition of his father to his marriage with Silvine Morange, he
enlisted, and was sent to Africa, in the artillery.
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