France’s election fever tests Orleans bid and Thiers pull
Amid armistice Paris elections loom with 43 representatives to the National Assembly. Dufaure leads a mixed slate of reformers while Orleans factions gain footing. Trochu Gambetta public blame and club agitation mark a volatile political scene as provisional government debates candidacies and armistice terms.
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National Assembly
M. Daufaure
France
Republic
Oolour
Parie
Orleans
Count de Paris
Duc d’Aumale
M. Thiers
Government of
National Defence
Trochu
Gambetta
Yard
Versailles
Daily Telegraph
Paris
Halles Centrales
National Guard
Brittany
Fort Montrouge
Neully
Belleville
la Villette
Créteil
M. Rochefort
le Mot d'Ordre
Mot d’Ordre
Journal Des Débat
Government of National Defence
Garibaldi
Liberal Republican Committee
Palais de la Bourse
Surrender of Fort Valérien and Paris Suburbs Report
The report details the German occupation of Fort Valérien near Paris on the day after capitulation, describing the crowd at the roadside, hunger, and relief. It notes ramparts, mines, and the guard posts, plus the Emperor Napoleon arriving in a carriage and the city’s hazy view from Mount Valérien, with St Cloud and ruined chateau scenes depicting widespread destruction.
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Valérien
Calvary
Paris
N.E
St. Germain’s
Seine
Valerien
Mount Valérien
Daily News
St. Cloud
Napoleon
France
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Félix Pyat
Delescraze
Mottu
Igy
Vibaldi
Offiier
Algeria
M. Favre
M. Dorian
M. Magnin
Dieppe
M. Gambetta
Gallé
Palais Royal
Felix Pyat
Ile-et- Vilaine
Hotel de Ville
Rochefort
Jules Favre
Ernest Picard
Jules Simon
Dufaure
EK. Arago
Pelletan
Thiers
A de Rothschild
J. Lemo
Calais
Lille
Metz
Strasbourg
Fontenoy
Basle
Antibles
Toulouse
Sévres
Toe
Fort Valerien
Dr. Russell
Crown Prince
Duke of Coburg
Russell