In the best-known story about this war, a woman who offers food from a picnic basket is coerced into sleeping with an officer so that a stagecoach can continue on to Le Havre.
This war is the setting of a story which ends with a man callously shouting "Victory! Victory!" near a woman kneeling between the bodies of her husband and her father. In another story about this war, a watchmaker and a haberdasher cry and shake hands before being executed for refusing to give the password that let them access their favorite fishing spot. The collaborative collection Evenings at Medan consists of stories about this war, including "The Attack on the Mill. A soldier in this war exclaims "Let us explode a mine!" before destroying priceless paintings and porcelain in an (*) abandoned mansion, in a story whose heroine rings a long-silent bell after stabbing the title character with a cheese-knife. In the best-known story about this war, a woman who offers food from a picnic basket is coerced into sleeping with an officer so that a stagecoach can continue on to Le Havre. For 10 points, name this war, portrayed realistically in "Two Friends," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Ball of Fat," and other stories by Guy de Maupassant.
This war is the setting of a story which ends with a man callously shouting "Victory!
Franco-Prussian War