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Metz Surrenders End Metz Siege in Great French Capitulation
Armistice talks for a French consultative assembly were upstaged by Metz surrender to Prince Frederick Charles. About 173,000 French soldiers and mobilized manpower became prisoners of war. Paris braces for a probable siege, famine rising, while Thiers reports to Versailles. The Delegate Government blames treason, Gambetta’s program fuels resistance, and Paris prepares for renewed bombardment with limited meat rations.
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Metz
Frederick Charles
Marshal Bazaine
Germany
Ducrot
Paris
William
M. Thiers
Defence
Versailles
Tours
Sedan
M. Gambetta
Trochu
M. Jules Favre
France
Prince Frederick Charles
Lyons
Garibaldi
Werder
Orleans
Bourges
le Mans
Bourbaki
Amiens
Rouen
Count de Keratry
Italy
Vatican
Corso
Florence
M. Senard
Rome
Duke of
Aosta
Count Bismark
Spain