Surrender of Rouen Reported by Telegraph Corridor
The Daily Telegraph correspondent with General Manteuffel details the fall of Rouen after a rapid German march. Briand is faulted for poor preparation as French batteries unfinished and defenses weakened. The Army of the North sustains eleven killed and fifty wounded. Germans occupy Dieppe but withdraw from Havre.
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Daily Telegraph
Manteuffel
Rouen
von Gében
Briand
8Th Army Corps
Briand Tren
Havre
Dieppe
Boulogne
Igneauville
Guillefontaine
Seine
Place de l'Hotel de Ville
Nayleon L
Army of the North
M. Nion
Bornea
Hotel de Ville
Cherbourg
Unable bombard Paris, reports say long siege needed
A Telegraph correspondent in Frankfort cites Dec 19 dispatches from Versailles and Paris noting no bombardment is feasible for a month. French forts with 70 pounders and multiple supports deter a quick siege while German batteries remain limited. Reports trace guns, siege plans, and efforts to grow vegetables to avert famine as Paris braces for long risk.
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Daily Telegraph
Frankfort
Versailles
Paris
Mont Valérien
Strasbourg
Valérien
Marly
Chiteau
Eatel Des
Villacoublay
Russell
Reichstag
Paria
Food Journal
M. Decaisne
Museum
Paris War Report Reassures on Food and Forces
Versailles dispatch from the Daily Telegraph cites Major General Claremont and Captain Hore on Paris sustenance and defence. Beef remains accessible at Parisian restaurants. horsemeat scarce but available in cantines. dogs and cats not widely eaten. The Army of Defence numbers about 520,000 with 200,000 ready between Paris and the besiegers. Housing, rations, and medical care are described amid siege conditions.
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Versailles
Daily Telegraph
Paris
Voisin's
Place Gaillon
Pacis
Sle
Rue Blanche
Cantines Municipales
Clement Duvernois
Clement Thomas
Generale Ducrot
Vincy
Guizot urges Constituent Assembly amid French political divides
M. Guizot writes to the Government of National Defence urging a Constituent Assembly at all costs and warns against personal bias. He classifies Republicans into three groups and argues the current rival to the Republic is foreign-inspired imperialist faction. Legitimists, monarchists, and conservatives are seen as opposition forces needing alignment with national sentiment.
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M. Guizot
Government of National Defence
France
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