Investigation And The Arrest Of Alfred Dreyfus
The Dreyfus Affair began when a bordereau (detailed memorandum) offering to procure French military secrets was recovered by French agents from the waste paper basket of Maximilian Von Schwartzkoppen, the military attache at the German Embassy in Paris. Blame was quickly pinned upon Alfred Dreyfus a young French artillery officer who was in training within the French Army's general staff.
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