THE- silSONMiS IN , GERMAIN Y. 



«' Up ^b the end. of September," says the Std^s 

 An^eia&r "there had fallen into the hands of the 

 GeSn' armies 3577 pfrice v., 125700 pnvate3(m 

 both cases umvoundecl men), Db ^^/i^^^' ^^^^ 2218 

 o^s (includhig 90 mitrailleuses . In Octobai and 

 ?;ovember these niunbers-.ere increased to I0,0o7 

 officers, 303,842 privates, 112 e^^cs and 4i30 guns 

 (170 of these being mitraiUeus&s). The former 

 kou-es comprise the trophies captured at Sedan 

 Toul. Laon, and Strasburg ; the latter include the 

 eOWofficc^and 150,000 men, besides 23,000 sick 

 ^nd^^-ouuded, taken at Metz, 5000 men at Scnles- 

 t-^flt 4000 at Yerdim, 3500 in the engagements 

 round>ari,?, 1500 captured by General Werdei^s 

 Baden corps in the east, and cOO officers and hOO 

 men who were di^x;harged (cured) trom the hos- 

 pitals and transferred to the depots oi prisoners. 

 Fiftv-six eagles ^vere taken at Metz, the greater 

 munber of the eagles belonging to Marshal Bazaine's 

 army having been destroyed just before the capi- 

 tulation . The guns taken in <)ctober and November 

 consisted of 1570 at Metz (including 72 mitraO- 

 l^u-^es), 3 at Orleans, 123 at Soissons, 2 before 

 Paris, 108 at Schlest^dt, 5 in Fort Mortier, andj^ 

 at Keu Breisach." -^^ 



