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11 snalfnoCRAILWADatSIfr.omCHERBOURGWROUEN,DIEPPE& si SORTIES. Maisons SurSeine le Sartrouville ICS 1. S-30 Sep., '70. Gd LeMesnil 2. NE -28 Oct. eine Houilles 3. SW-29 Nov. 4. E-30 Nov., m Montessonu (thegreat). Carrières 5. N -21 Dec. STGERMAIN S!Denis Sybie 6. NE-13 Jan.,71 Chatou 7. W-19 Jan. PortMarly Sta. Croissy: RyeitFort Mont. 8. E -MontAvron.Marly, Suresne Bougival (toweciennesi Bog LaCelle ST-CLOUD RANGE OF Baillt VaueressonGarches LO GERMAN BATTERIES, Marne Parcde SyCChalteoxorndo shownthus: LeChesney Milled'Avray, SEVRES Star Trianons Montreur Sta. Med Palace Chaville RAIL/fran ViroBfloayis Meu 9. N -Montmartre, VERSAILLES Vélizy Ples thenucleusof th Bice RedRepublicans Ies Logesºs or Commune. JouyerJosas Bièvresy Toussus Châteaufort Vauhallan Saclay VilliersBacte Palais StAubin Gif Orsay S!Remi Bures HISTORICAL DIARY OF THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY. BOD T E 1870-1. L E BY T /O H. ALLNUTT , LateInspectorofDrainage- AuthorofDrainageTables— TheAuctioneers' Directory- TheAuctioneers'Manual- WheatDiagrams- Croppinga Kitchen Garden-TheRecordandHistoricalMapofthe War, $c.,&c. Enteredat Stationers' Hall. LONDON : ESTATES GAZETTE OFFICE, 200, FLEET STREET. 237 . 254 . 1 PREFACE. We donot profess, in the following pages, to do much more than to bring together the most important and deeply interesting events of the past few months— to extracttheprincipaldocuments, andto give, as it wero, theessenceof thevery able articles thatappearedin the publicpressduringtheWar. It is impossible to look back over this brief period, without feelingalmost overwhelmed with the astound ing occurrencesthathave been witnessed. We believo noparallelto them can be foundin history; the changes thathavetakenplace ontheContinentmaywellbe com paredtotheswiftcourse of an avalanche - instantaneous and sweeping in its progress. Noone couldfailnoticingthe absorbing interest with which people everywhereporedover the contents ofthe daily journals— theymightbe said to have devoured the intelligence — and we hope, therefore, to be able to give an outline of these great events in the order of their occurrence. Our great difficulty has been in the redundancy of matterwe have had to wade through, andwetrust our effortswillsatisfy ourreaders. EXPLANATION OF REFERENCES: The Figureson Allnutt's“ HistoricalRecordMap of the War” refer to the pages inthe “ Historical Diary”(bythe sameAuthor) inwhichtheBattles are described. No. PAGE 1. FirstLifeLost,July21st, 1870 . 12 2. Saarbruck,FrenchEngagement,Aug.2nd. 19 2. German Aug. 6th . 26 3. Battleof Weissenburg,Aug.4th 21 4. Woerth,Aug. 6th 23 > Pangeor Courcelles,Aug. i4th 5. 49 6. MarsleTourorVionville,Aug. 16th. 55 7. GravelotteorRezanville,Aug.18th 58 8. Carignan,Aug. 30th SO 9. Beaumont,Aug. 30th 80 10. 37 Sedan - Surrender of French Army and Emperor, Sep. 1stand 2nd 82 11, St.Diey,Oct. 6th. . 128 12. Orleans,Oct.10th 135 12. Orleans,Dec. 4th 210 Orleans-GermanRepulse,Nov. 9th . 13. 175 14. Amiens,Nov. 27th . 196 15. BeaunelaRolande, Nov. 28th 198 16. Beaugency,Dec. 8th 225 17. Amiens,Dec. 23rd 248 18. Vendome,Jan.6th, 1871 271 19. Villersexel,Jan. 9th 283 20. LeMans,Jan. 11thand 12th 286 21. Belfort,Jan. 15th 302 22. St. Quentin,Jan. 19th 317 SITUATION OF THE PARIS SORTIES. SMALLMAP (PARIS) FRONTISPIECEOFHISTORICALDIARY. 1. Southof Paris, Sep. 30th, 1870 . 125 • 32.. SNoourtthhWEaesstt—-LSet.CBlouorugdeta,nOdctL.e2H8tahy,Nov. 29th 153 4. East— The Great Sortie, Nov. 30th . 119999 5. North - Stains,Dec. 21st 246 6. North East– LeBourget,Jan. 13th, i871 . 295 7. West- Valerien, Jan. 19th 316 8. E—Thesituationof MontAvron. 9. N - Montmartre— The nucleusof the Red Republicansor Commune. HISTORICAL DIARY OF THE WAR. INDEX. PAGE. PrinceLeopold ofHohenzollernproposedasKing ofSpain 3 hisNominationWithdrawn 5 FrancedeclaresWaragainstPrussia 7 Attitude ofthe South German States. The Strengthof theGerman Army 11 Commencement ofHostilities 13 DraftofSecretTreaty 15 FirstEngagement atSaarbruckandthe “ BaptismofFire" 19 WeissemburgStormedbytheGermans 21 Battleof Woerth 23 Saarbruckand Spicheren . 27 Parisinastateof Siege 31 ChangeofFrenchMinistry 33 March oftheGermans 35 M.About'sLetters:-State of the Country - Picture of a Defeat-- The Conquerors -Requisitions on Saverne. 37 StateofParis 47 BattleofCourcelles 49 Vionville 55 Gravelotte 59 TruthandFiction 63 RelationsbetweenFranceandGermany 67 MacMahon'sMarchtowards Stenay. 71 hisDangerousEnterpriseandPosition 77 Battles,Beaumontand Carignan 81 Sedanand SurrenderoftheFrenchArmy . 83 9 furtherDetailsand SurrenderoftheEmperor 89 aFrenchman'sAccount(withtheFrenchArmy) 93 CapitulationofGeneraldeWimpffen . 99 SedanaftertheBattle 101 RevolutioninParis 103 StateofLyons,Toulouse,and Marseilles . 105 TheProvisionalGovernmentofFrance 107 Escape oftheEmpressoftheFrenchtoRyde,I.W. 109 M.Thiers'PeaceNegotiations . 115 DefenceofParis 117 FailureofM. JulesFavre'sNegotiationsforan Armistice. 121 Capitulationof StrasburgtotheGermans 123 FrenchLosses . 125 Frightof theInhabitantsin France 127 v i INDEX. PAGE. Metz: aStrangeStory 129 M.Gambetta leavesParisbyBalloon 131 M.Gambetta'sFirstProclamation 133 Battle nearOrleans . 135 GeneralGaribaldi'sExpedition 137 . TMh.eGaAmmbaeztotnas’so“fUthnespSeeaiknaebleJoy's 139 141 M.Favre'sreplytoCountBismarck 143 A VisittoBazeilles 145 ATouchingIncident 147 Metz, NegociationsfortheSurrender 149 Capitulation 151 Surrender oftheImperialGuard 155 AllegedTreasonof Bazaine 157 RiotinParis 159 England'sNon-intervention 161 FalseAccusations 163 Bazaine'sVindication 165 ThePrussianIron Cross 167 Re-victuallingofParis 169 Garibaldi'sTroops 171 Proclamation 173 FirstGerman Repulse 175 . TheBalloon Post 177 GambettaonFrenchSuccess 179 StrangeFoodin Paris . 181 ClubOrators 183 Bird's-eyeViewofFrance 185 Paris, Durationofthe Siege 187 CaptureofBalloons . 189 UndergroundResidences 191 Defeatofthe Garibaldians 193 FeelingatLyons 195 OccupationofAmiens 197 BattleatBeaunela Rolande 199 GreatSortiefromParis.with the Wounded 201 205 GermanMishapatEtrepagny 207 BattleatArtenay 209 Second OccupationofOrleans 211 OccupationofRouen. 215 Operations oftheRedPrince. 217 TheGermanEmpire. 219 FoodSupply to theGermanArmies 221 ParisianIncredulity 223 VisittotheWounded 225 INDEX. PAGE. The Germans atDieppe 229 Removal ofthe SeatofGovernmenttoBordeaux . 231 German Retaliation . 233 TheSiege ofParis, 235 CapitulationofMontmedy. 237 A French Soldier'sOpinionon thewar. 239 CaptureofNuits. 241 TheReichstagDeputationto theKingof Prussia. 243 Retreat ofGeneral Chanzy's(French) Army 245 Assassinationof M.ArmaudbytheRed Republicans . 247 SinkingofEnglishColliers. 251 . MontAvron,Attack 253 Paris,"effectofEvBaocmuabtairodnmentof 255 257 M.GambettaatBordeaux. 259 Paris,formerSiegesof 261 Mezieres,Capitulationof 263 Battleof Bapaume 265 Paris,FLraendnlcohrdFsorcaensdTiennants,Extravagance, &c.. . 267 269 BattlenearVendome. 271 Paris, German Shellsin. 273 Excessive PriceofFoodin 275 PursuitofGeneralChanzy'sArmy 277 FightingintheSouthEast-Bourbaki 279 Paris,ProtestagainsttheBombardment 281 Frenchand German Soldiers 285 Battleand CaptureofLeMans 287 FightingatVillersexel 289 LeMans,furtherdetailsofBattleof 291 Paris, SortieonLeBourget 295 VEenrgslaainldl'ess,aNeHutorlaeliitnytheWaliat 297 299 German LossesinOfficers 301 Belfort, Siegeof 303 Supplies totheGermanArmies 305 RoadfromLeManstoAlencon. 307 Alencon,Occupationof. 309 ParisaFortress. 311 EmperorofGermanyProclaimed 313 GeneralBourbaki'sRepulsebythe Germans 315 . Paris,thelast Sortie-BattleofSt. Quentin . 317 Depression of theCitizensof . 319 French neglectof Religion . 321 M.LouisBlanc. 323 PowderandShotusedintheSieyeofParis 325 viii INDEX. PAGE. SaxonOfficers— theMortuaryPhotographs 327 Paris,RiotintheCity 329 DawnofPeace . 331 FrenchPolicyinAlsace 333 PLaornigs,wyS,avCaagpeitMuulratdieornboyftheMöbof 335 337 TheArmistice 339 Operations nearBelfort . 341 Paris,German OccupationoftheFortsof. 343 ConditionsofCapitulationof 345 MSRwe.siitGgzanemarbtleiatontnda,'oBfsotRuheresbiaFgkrniea'ntsciAhornGmoyveRrentmreeantteodfiDnteofen.ce 334517 353 GeneralGaribaldileavesFrance 355 England'saidtotheWounded . 357 NegotiationsforPeace 359 ConditionsofPeace 363 TheGermanOccupationofParis 365 TheRatificationofPeace . 371 PublicFeelinginBelgium 373 Gero EvacuationofParis 375 RejoicingsinBerlin 391 Revolt oftheNationalGuardinParis 383 Departure oftheEmperorofGermanyfromVersailles. 385 Montmartre,DangerousSymptomsat 387 CatalogueofGermanTriumphis 389 ParisInsurection 391 TheEmperor ofGermanyinBerlin 393 ReturnofGermanTroops. 395 SadDoingsinParis 397 AssassinationAdvocated 399 Paris,Proclamationof theCommune in 401 RoyalExiles ofFrance 403 CONCLUDING REMARKS . 405 1870. Historical Diary of the Car BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY. “Behold, how greata matter a littlefire kindleth! Andthe tongueisa fire, aworldofiniquity.” — (Jamesiii, 5,6.) In a time of profound peace, when Earl Gran ville was informed by Mr.Hammond(theexperienced under-secretary), onreceiving the seals of the Foreign Office,that henever,in his long career,hadknownsuch a lull in foreign affairs,and thathe wasnot aware of anyimportantquestion his Lordshipwouldhaveto deal with - atthisverytime therecame intelligencefrom the most unexpected quarterofcircumstances that eventu allyledtooneofthemosttremendousconflictswebelieve theworldhas ever witnessed. No warfare can be com paredwiththewarjustconcluded,forrapidityofevents, and forthe victorious careerofone ofthe combatants. Apparently what could be more innocent, or less likelyto give riseto such stupendous eventsthan the announcement made onthe 3rd July last,that General Prim had sent a deputation to Prussia (not tothe Government), tooffer the Crown of Spain to a Prince 2