Paris Siege Dispatches Report War Devastation and Courage
Descriptions of Paris during the siege recount bombardments and civilian suffering in Mezières and St Denis. Accounts cover German advances, destruction of towns and landmarks, and the resilience of residents, with notes on royal routines and public demonstrations in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Denis
Franconville
Ermont
Sannois St. Gratien
Eaubonne
Enghien
Montmorency
Versailles
Guard
Landwehr, &c
St. Cloud
Mont Valérien
Montretour
Munich
Moltke
Hanover
Paris
Berlin
Paris Women Endure Cold to Buy Necessities
A Paris correspondent reports women waited for hours at bakeries butcher shops and wood sellers during a harsh winter rivaling 1856. Descriptions praise their resilience and self sacrifice while noting potential German actions if Paris falls to occupation. Beside this a Telegraph telegram outlines German hopes to conquer southern France if war continues with Bourbaki s surrender cited and Moltke commanding the campaign plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittiam
William
Neufchatel
Switzerland
Sadona
Gravelotte
Berlin
Murrenxs
Mr. Bullock
Meziéres
Pompeii
Blanchard
France
Russell
Versailles
Sedan
Metz
Montretout
St. Cloud
Paris
Daily Telegraph
Bourbaki
Germany
Prince Frederick Charles
von Manteufful
von Falkenstein
von Moltke
Political manifesto calls for reform and dethronement in Spain
The former Republican Cortes members issue a manifesto urging the people to obtain Article 33 reform and the Savoy dynasty's dethronement. It asserts Spanish sovereignty in constitutional power and backs the French, blamed on Brandenburg, Bonapartist crimes, and Savoy ingratitude. The government holds revelations on General Prim’s assassination, naming an ex-detective as principal agent in Gonzalez Bravo’s circle and implicating other prominent figures tied to another dynasty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortes
House of Brandenburg
House of Savoy
General Prim
Gonzalez Bravo
Russian Court Reacts to German Empire Proclamation
The Russian Court reportedly reacted with a strong bad impression to the proclamation of the German Empire. The "old Russian" party led by the Czarewitch and M. Katkoff, editor of the...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
German Empire
the Czarewitch
M. Katkoff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liverance
Luxembourg
Seine
Montrouge
Cathedral of
Daily News
Pasteur Sagliet
Zychlinski
Lettens
London
Newhaven
Dieppe
James Hathaway
Boulogne
Evangelical Society
Geneva
Colonial
Continental Society
Calais
Bible Society
the Spectator
England
America
Count Bismark
Washington
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Foreign and Colonial
Spain
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