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Armistice talks and Napoleonic reflections amid Paris siege
Continental diplomat Favre and Count Bismarck clash over Paris surrender terms as Strasbourg and Metz demand key fortresses. Napoleon’s manifesto urges a peace alliance, warning Europe of a ruinous war if force prevails. Wilhelmshohe reports continue amid Empress Eugenie’s London visit.
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Sition
Paris
M. Favre
France
Sedan
Waterloo
Sadona
Germany
Strasbourg
Bas
Haut Rhin
Moselle
Metz
Chateau Salins
Soissons
Europe
Count Bismark
Toul
Phalsburg
Mont Valérien
Tours
M. le Comte
Trasbourg
M. Jules Favre
Bismark
Department
The
Sarrebourg
Chateau-Salins
Sarreguemines
Thionville
Government of National Defence
Bitsche
Napoleon
la Situation
London
l’Empéreur
Wilhelmshohe
M. de Castelnau
Prussia
Eugenie
Alfred Paget
Chislehurst