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Retreat and surrender at Metz amid French supply delays
Reports describe a German victory racing Prussia ahead of French forces at Rethel and Sedan, French troops encumbered by baggage and fatigue, with Paris press and tribune influence cited as undermining French authority. Observers note Metz demoralization as French army marches out in captivity, dejected yet orderly under Prussian supervision.
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Rethel
Marshal MacMehon
Commissariat
Stenay
Montmaddy
Sedan
Paris
Prussia
Germany
France
Tribune
Tours
Versailles
Berlin
Albert
Prince Charles
Frederick Charles
Count Moltke
Duke of
Nassau
Treskow
Molle
Rosa Bonheur
Fontainebleau
Pari 8
Fransis
M. Edouard Frére
Ecouen
Louis of Hesse
Alice
Alsace
Trochu
Brittany
Orleans
Bavaria
Metz
William the Victorious
Bougival
46Th
Lorraine
Bonin
Sarregue
Hermiell
M. Gambetta
Marshal Bazaine
Count de Chambord
M. Thiers
Frankfort
National Party
Count von Bismark
Changarnier
Brussels
Augsburg
Strasbourg
Réveil Des
Courcelles
Moselle
Antwerp
Jean Stadtholder
Meta
Daily News
Leboeuf
Les Bottes
our-a-Chaux
Brasserie
Fort Belle-Croix
Chauasée