Chapter II: 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.