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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 01, 1871
Page
5
The text notes huge labor in pushing entrenchments forward with rear shelter and the Emperor's thanks to Von Werder for victory over Bourbaki, awarding the Great Cross of the Red Eagle. It also reports the Swiss Federal Government sending 35,000 troops to frontier duty to safeguard neutrality amid Bourbaki movements.
The article reports the Paris capitulation and armistice delaying inundation fears by dykes. General Faidherbe in Dunkirk reorganizes a diminished force of about 10 000 reliable troops from 50 000 listed. Prussians press with 18 000 infantry and 8 000 cavalry while French dragoons are described as new and overwhelmed. Communications restore Lille Arras. Gambetta faces cool reception amid grim St. Quentin aftermath.
A Daily News correspondent from Rennes reports chaotic retreat movements of Chanzy's Army of the Loire. Soldiers, mobilisés, Papal zouaves, and volunteers march through Laval, Mayenne, Vitré, and Rennes amid cold, mud, hunger, and disorder. The piece notes ill-equipped levies, harsh weather, and mixed reactions to Gambetta and resistance.
The ex emperor protests his deposition as Paris falls. Pamphlet by Conti argues the Empire’s end was not legally proclaimed and that the Senate and Corps Legislatif alone represent France. Telegraphs cite Bonapartist plots, imperialist propaganda, and calls to restore Napoleon dynasty amid chaos.
A letter to Bell and Duna in Newcastle recounts Prussian mistreatment of Captain Lawrence Smiths family at St Quen. He describes repeated quarters by soldiers from December 15 to 17 1870 and again in larger groups, involving looting, clothing theft, and family displacement.
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