Note 78 — Chapter VIII · THE EXTERNAL MARK OF INVIOLABILITY

That in the war of 1870 the Red Cross was frequently abused on the French side is well known, and has been the subject of documentary proof. The escape of Bourbaki from Metz, under cover of the misuse of the Geneva Convention, proves that even in the highest circles people were not clear as to the binding obligation of International Regulations, and disregarded them in the most frivolous manner.