PART II.

Sortie from Metz (26th August) 102 Battle of Noisseville (31st August) 106 Change of Government in Paris 114 Retreat of General Vinoy 116 March on Paris of IIIrd Army and the Army of the Meuse 119 Investment of Paris (19th September) 124 First Negotiations for Peace 129 Reduction of Toul (23rd September) 130 Reduction of Strasburg (28th September) 131 Operations round Paris to 15th October 139 Action of Artenay (10th October) 145 Engagement at Orleans (11th October) 146 Reduction of Soissons (15th October) 149 Storming of Chateaudun (18th October) 151 Sortie against Malmaison (21st October) 153 Storming of Le Bourget (30th October) 156 Sortie from Metz against Bellevue (7th October) 162 Capitulation of Metz (27th October) 165 New Distribution of the Army 166 Operations of the XIVth Corps in the South-East (October) 166 Reduction of Schlettstadt (24th October) 172 Reduction of Breisach (10th November) 174 Reduction of Verdun (9th November) 175 Advance of Ist and IInd Armies (up to mid-November) 177 Engagement at Coulmiers (9th November) 181 Operations of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg 187 Situation of IInd Army (second half of November) 189 Battle of Beaune la Rolande (28th November) 192 Advance of the Army of the Loire to the relief of Paris 197 Battle of Loigny--Poupry (2nd December) 199 Paris in November 204 Attempt of the Army of Paris to break out (30th November and 2nd December) 207 Advance of the Ist Army in November 216 Battle of Amiens (17th November) 217 Reduction of La Fere (27th November) 221 Reduction of Thionville (24th November) 222 Investment of Belfort in November 223 Battle of Orleans (3rd and 4th December) 224 Offensive Operations South, East, and West 233 Fighting of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (7th--10th December) 235 Interruption of important offensive operations in December 245 The XIVth Corps in December 250 The Ist Army in December 252 Reduction of Mezieres (1st January, 1871) 257 Paris in December 259 Combat of Le Bourget (21st December) 261 Bombardment of Mont-Avron (27th December) 264 The Army of the East under General Bourbaki 266 Advance of the IInd Army to Le Mans 269 Battle in front of Le Mans (10th--12th January) 284 Occurrences northward of Paris during January 303 Battle of Bapaume (3rd January) 305 Fighting on the Lower Seine (4th January) 308 Reduction of Peronne (9th January) 310 Battle of St. Quentin (19th January) 316 Occurrences in the South-Eastern Seat of War up to 17th January 324 Siege of Belfort 324 Transfer of the French Army of the East to the South-Eastern Seat of War (end of December) 328 Action of Villersexel (9th January) 331 Battle on the Lisaine (15th--17th January) 338 The Artillery Attack on Paris (January, 1871) 349 Battle of Mont Valerien (19th January) 355 Prosecution of the Artillery Attack on Paris to the Armistice 361 Operations of the Army of the South under General von Manteuffel 366 General Hann von Weyhern's March on Dijon 390 Occupation of the Departments of the Doubs, Jura, and Cote d'Or 391 Prosecution of the Siege of Belfort 393 The Armistice 399 The Homeward March of the German Army 406

APPENDIX.

On the pretended Council of War in the Wars of King William I. 413 "Orders of Battle" of the French and German Armies in the first period of the war 419

THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.