It Happened To-day. PARIS SURRENDERS
The end of the Franco-Prussian war came in sight on January 27, 1871, when, after a siege of months, ana the endurance of terrible hardship, the c’ty of Paris surrendered to the Germans. The formal capitulation was signed next day. A whole French army had been lost in the. battle of Sedan, and the German advance to the capital vity was clear. The Emperor, Napoleon 111, no longer ruled the French; the Government of National Defence now operated. Jules Favre had on 6, 1870, made the statement, which later was to appear so bombastic, "We shall not cede an inch of our territories or a stone of our fortresses.” But Paris had been besieged by the armies of Moltke, and Gambetta had made his famous escape it, a balloon to Tours to set up a new seat of government there. When the city fell, although the rest of France was for a time to pursue the lioiieless task with renewed vigour, a note of weariness and a feeling of inevitable resignation had already shown itself in the spirit of the French. Together with the surrender of Paris, Bismarck and Favre signed an armistice of 21 days, which marked the beginning of the end.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 105, 28 January 1935, Page 7
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208It Happened To-day. PARIS SURRENDERS Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 105, 28 January 1935, Page 7
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