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the first a-EFMvrA-isr xisr paris. 
lie arrived at the extreme end. “ Thus,” re¬ 
marks a correspondent of the Times, “Paris 
was taken by a boy and six hussars.” 
March 8, the Germans evacuated Paris. 
Their exit was more imposing than their 
entry. The road under the Arc de Triomphe, 
which had been purposely blocked up by 
the Parisians, was carefully leveled, and 
regiment after regiment passed through, 
cheering as they distinguished the names of 
the various German towns once conquered 
by that great enemy of their ancestors, 
Napoleon 1., and which were now waiting 
to accord a hearty welcome to the men who 
had wreaked such an overpowering ven¬ 
geance on the descendants of their victors. 
After the main body of the troops had left 
the city, a few stragglers who had overslept 
themselves made their appearance, and 
seemed highly astonished to find their conn- 
26.—Capture of Port Vi try. Prisoners, 17 
officers and 850 men. 
29.—The Crown Prince of Saxony defeat¬ 
ed Marshal McMahon at Beaumont. 
31.—Unsuccessful attempt of Marshal Ba- 
zaiue to escape from Metz. 
September I,—Defeat of Marshal Mc¬ 
Mahon at Sedan. 
2.—Capitulation of Sedan; surrender of 
Napoleon III. Prisoners, the Emperor,2,305 
officers, and 98,450 men. 
4.—Revolution in Paris. A Provisonal 
Government appointed. 
9—Capitulation ofLaon. The magazine 
blown up by the French. 
17—The French Government and the 
Coqw Diplomatique remove to Tours. 
19. —Investment of Paris. 
20. —M. Favre’-s interview with Count 
Bismarck at Ferricres. 
23—Surrender of Toni. Prisoners, 109 
officers and 2,240 men, 
24.—Another ineffectual sortie from Metz. 
27.—Capitulation of Strasbourg, (48 days’ 
trymen gone. The mob took occasion of siege.) Prisoners, 450 officers and 17,000 
their defencelessness to hustle them, and 
attempted to bar their passage. It was a 
dangerous position for the Germans, and the 
soldier in our sketch will probably relate 
this walk out of Paris as one of his most 
perilous exploits in the campaign. The 
following chronological record will he found 
interesting and valuable for reference. 
Chronological Table of Events. 
July 15,1870.—War declared by Fiance 
against Germany. 
28.—The Emperor and Prince Imperial 
leave Paris for Metz. A small skirmish at 
Niederbronn. 
The King of Prussia leaves Berlin, 
men. 
30.—Repulse of a sortie from Paris. 
October, 5.—German Headquarters at 
Versailles. 
7.—M. Oambctta leaves Paris in a balloon. 
10. —Defeat of the French at Arthenay. 
11. —Occupation of Orleans. 
12— < Jen. Aurcllesde Paladines appointed 
to the command of the Army of I lie Loire. 
10.—Surrender of Soissons. Prisoners, 
4,000. Garibaldi assumes the command of 
the Vosges Armv. 
18,—Capitulation of Chateaudun. 
24.—Capitulation of Selilestadt. Prison¬ 
ers, 2,400 men. General de lveratry goes to 
Brittany to form an army. 
27.—Capitulation of Metz, (70 days’ siege.) 
Prisoners, 0,000 officers and 167,000 men. 
_ _ - 
TTTE LAST a-TSTrUVE^A-ISr TINT P-AJRIS- 
ers, 4,000 men. 
26 —The Garibaldians defeated near Dijon. 
27—Capitulation of La Fere. Prisoners, 
2,000 men. Mantenffel defeats the Army of 
the North under Gen. Fare. 
28. —Amiens occupied by Gen. von Goe- 
ben. Aurelles de Paladines defeated by 
Prince Frederick Charles at Beaune-le-Ro- 
lande. 
29. —Great, sortie from Paris. The French 
take Brie and Champigny. 
December 2.—The Parisian Army forced 
to retreat. 
3 —Another defeat of the Army of the 
Loire. 
4. The Germans re-enter Orleans. Occu¬ 
pation of Rouen. 
8. —Defeat of Gen. Chanzy at Beaugency. 
9. —Occupation of Dieppe. 
11 . —'Die French Government removes to 
Bordeaux. 
12. —After four days’ hard fighting Chanzy 
retreats to BJois. Capitulation of Plmls- 
burg. Prisoners, 52 officers and 1,839 men. 
13. —Blois was occupied by the Germans. 
14—Capitulation of Montmedy. Prison¬ 
ers, 3,000 men. 
10—Dieppe, Fecamp and Havre block¬ 
aded by the French fleet. Gen. Chanzy 
defeated at Vendomc. 
19.—Von Werdcr gains a victory at Nuits 
in the southeast. 
2 i—Renewed sorties from Paris, and de¬ 
feat of the French. Tours bombarded and 
taken by the Prussians. 
23. — Gen. Faidhcrbe defeated at Pont 
Novelles, 
27.—Bombardment of Fori Avron. 
29.—Mont Avron occupied by the Ger¬ 
mans. 
30 — Gen. Roy defeats the Germans at Le 
Bouille. 
January 2, 1871. — Capitulation of Me- 
bwt was repulsed by Gen. von Warder. 
18.—King William of Prussia proclaimed 
Emperor of Germany at Versailles. 
19—Another great but ineffectual sortie 
from Paris. Faidherbe defeated by Von 
Worder at St. Quentin. 
22. —Radical disturbances in Paris. The 
prison of St. Mazas broken open. 
23 . —.Jules Favre goes to Versailles with 
proposals for the capitulation of Paris. Gen. 
Ricciottl Garibaldi gains a small success 
near Dijon. 
25.—Capitulation of Longwy. Prisoners, 
4,000. 
28 —Paris capitulates. Three weeks’ Ar¬ 
mistice agreed upon. (131 days’ siege.) 
Prisoners, 500,000. 
29.—The Paris forts occupied by the Ger¬ 
mans. 
February 1.—Gen. Bourbakiand his army, 
crushed by defeat at Pontarliers on the 29th, 
take refuge in Switzerland. 
6.—M. Gambelta resigns. 
8.—Elections for the National Assembly. 
12. —First sitting of the National Assem¬ 
bly at Bordeaux. 
13. —The Government Defense resigns. 
16,—The Armistice extended for five days, 
in return for the capitulation of Belfort, (76 
(lavs’ siege.) 
16.—M. Thiers chosen as head of the Gov¬ 
ernment. 
21. —M. Thiers, Jules Favre, E. Picard 
and fifteen deputies go to Paris to negotiate 
for peace. 
22. —Armistice prolonged until 26th inst. 
26.—Signature of preliminaries of peace. 
March 1.—The terms of peace ratified by 
the National Assembly by 546 against 107 
votes. The German army enters Paris. 
2.—The ratification of the terms of peace 
brought by Jules Favre to Versailles. 
8.—The Germans evacuate Paris. 
and Verdun, Toni, Nancy and LunevilJe on 
the west. 
After cutting a corner off the Department 
of the Vosges the line then coincides with 
the western boundary of the Department of 
the Hunt Rhin as far as the canton of Bel¬ 
fort, which it leaves to France by striking 
off to the canton of Delle, between which 
town and Jonchcrey it terminates on the 
Swiss frontier. Germany is thus advanced 
about a hundred miles nearer Paris, and 
comes into possession of a long line of forts 
invaluable for defensive purposes. The 
principal forts are Metz La Pucelle, Tliion- 
viie, Strasbourg, Schelestndt, Bitsche, Marsnl, 
New Brcisaeh, Phalsbtirg and Hagenan, 
while among the towns are Colmar, Mm- 
hausen, Gneb wilier, Molsheim, Save rue, 
Chateau Salins, Sarrcgncmines ami Forbacli. 
Thus the whole Department of the Bas 
Rhin, the greater portions of the Moselle, 
the Menrthennd the Ilaut Rhin, and a small 
corner of the Vosges, are comprised in the 
concession, which may be more briefiy de¬ 
scribed us the whole of Alsace (minus Bel¬ 
fort) and about a fifth of Lorraine. 
The accurate definition of the new Iron- 
tiev is to he intrusted to an International 
Commission. The ceded territory, which 
is about 6,200 square miles in area, contains 
2,000,000 inhabitants, who are, as a rule, 
steady and hard working, and will prove a 
great loss to France. As, however, they 
are to have three years to choose their na¬ 
tionality, and as they are devotedly attached 
to France, it is probable that the greater 
part will remove eastward, and that though 
the territory will change hands, the majority 
of the population will remain faithful to 
France. 
NEW GERMAN TERRITORY 
Under the bending of “ The Territorial 
Cession to Germany,” a London journal says: 
The territory demanded by Germany in the 
terms of peace is most important from a mil¬ 
itary point of view, and would effectu¬ 
ally prevent a French invasion of Ger¬ 
many, ns well as render it comparatively 
easy for the Germans to overrun France in 
case of another war. The new frontier-iine 
begins at Cattennm, near Longwy, on tbe 
borders of the Duchy of Luxemburg, and 
takes a southern course, having Thionville, 
Metz, Chateau, Salins, on tlm east, (all of 
which now therefore belong to Germany,) 
zieres. Prisoners, 2,000 men. Battle near 
Bapaume, and defeat of the French. In¬ 
creased bombardment of Paris forts. 
4. —Capitulation of Roeroy. Prisoners, 
200 men. , . 
5 . —The bombardment of Paris begins. 
6. —Defeat of Gen. Chanzy near Vendomc. 
9. —Gen. Bourbaki defeated at Villersetel, 
near Vesoul. . 
10. —Capitulation of Peronne. Prisoners, 
2,000. , t . 
12 . —Chanzy’s army completely routed at 
Le Mans. 
13. —A sortie from Paris on Le Bourget. 
15.—Bourbaki makes an ineffectual at¬ 
tempt to relievo Belfort. 
17.—St. Quentin recaptured by a detach¬ 
ment of Gen. Fuidherbe’s army. Gen. 
Bourbaki again attempts to relieve Belfort, 
28. —M. Thiers goes to Paris to negotiate 
an armistice. 
29. —Dijon entered by the Germans. 
81.—Disturbances in Paris. The Radicals 
attempt to seize the Hotel de V ille. 
November 3. —A plebiscitum in Paris; 
confidence in the Government declared by 
557,976 against 62,638 voles. Investment of 
Belfort. 
< 3 . —The Armistice negotiations abruptly 
broken off. M. Bismarck refuses to permit 
the revictualling of Paris. 
8. —Capitulation of Verdun. Prisoners, 
1,500 men. 
9. —A urelles de Paladines defeats Von tier 
Tan at Coulmiere, and retakes Orleans. 
10—Capitulation of New Breisacli. Pris¬ 
oners, 100 officers and 4.900 men. 
24.—Capitulation of Thionville. Prison- 
iislorical. 
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. 
The Occupation nml Kvnciiniloii of Paris by 
(lie Gcrmnns. 
Herewith are given illustrations of two 
important events to the Germans in the his¬ 
tory of the late war with France. The first 
German to enter Paris, March 1, was a young 
lieutenant of hussars named Von Bernftvu- 
dy, who, with only five followers, rode, sword 
in hand, down the Champs Elysees. through 
the Triumphal Arch, never stopping until 
August 2.—The French, under Gen. Fros- 
sard, Take Saarlmick. . 
4.—French defeat at Weissemburg. Pris¬ 
oners, 30 officers and 1,000 men. 
6.—French defeat at Worth and Spicheren. 
9. —Resignation of the Ollivier Ministry, 
and Gen. Montauban appointed Premier. 
10. —Commencement of tbe siege ot Stras¬ 
bourg. _ . 
12.—Capture of Fort Lichtcnburg. Prison¬ 
ers, 30 officers and 280 men. 
15.—The French Fleet blockade the north¬ 
ern ports of Germany. 
17 .—Gen. Trochu appointed Governor of 
Paris. 
18—Defeat of French at Gravelotte. 
19,—The Bombardment of Strasbourg 
begins. 
23.—Metz invested. 
