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Paris Besieged as French Resistance and German Strategy Echo
The dispatch discusses Paris's defense potential, noting that even a successful assault may not guarantee German control and that Paris could fall without France collapsing. It interviews Bismarck on Paris, war aims, and the imagined effects of famine and siege, with vivid tours of Versailles, Tours, and Compiègne noting logistics, morale, and military arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Trochu
France
Germany
Sedan
New York World
Count Bismark
Versailles
London
Bismark
von Blumenthal
Weissenburg
Wierth
Vosges
Chalons
Prince Albrecht
Count von Moltke
Seine-et-Oise
Villecoublay
von Moltke
Bavaria
Wurtemburg
Rhine
Prussia
Prince Royal
Toe Moeppre
Tours
The
Telegraph
Toulon
War Office
le Mans
Sarthe
Gambetta
Saarbruck
Meuse
Bonlevada
Brest
America
Remington
Woolwich Arsenal
Strasbourg
Nancy
Mk&an
du Nord
de l’Est
Aubervilliers
Canal de l l'Ourcey
St. Denis
Blucher
Prince de Vlahault
Wides-De-Camp