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Identifier: lafranceillustr04malt Title: La France illustrée : géographie, histoire, administration, statistique Year: 1881 (1880s) Authors: Malte-Brun, Victor Adolfe, 1816-1889 Subjects: Publisher: Paris : J. Rouff Contributing Library: The Centre for 19th Century French Studies - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Ottawa


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Text Appearing Before Image: aréchal deMac-Mahon était vaincu à FrœschvviUer, en mêmetemps que le général Frossard létait à Forbach. Le10, le général allemand de Werder sommait Stras-bourg de se rendre. Celle reddition ne devait avoirlieu que le 28 septembre, après la vigoureuse dé-fense du général Uhrich. Le 13 août, la premièrearmée allemande entourait Metz. Le 14, le 15 et le18, se livrèrent les balailles meurtrières de fiorny,de Gravelollc et de Sainl-Privat, à la suite des(iuelleslarmée du Rhin, sous les ordres de Bazaine, ren-trait dans Metz. Dès le 19, larmée du prince Fré-déric Charles commençait le blocus de celle place,(jui jusijuà ce jour sétait enorgueillie de son sur-nom de îa riicelle. France IllustréeTABLE DES DÉPARTEMENTS CONTENUS DANS LE TOME QUATRIEME Rhin(Haut-) Seine-Inférieure. Rhône. Seine-et-Marne. Saône (Haute-). Seine-et-Oise. Saône-et-Loire. Sèvres (Deux-). Sarthe. Somme. Savoie. Tarn. Savoie (Haute-. Tarn-et-GaronneSeine. Ti:UKITOIUF. \)\-: r.lI.KOUT

Text Appearing After Image: Place de Belforl. Le 23 août le bombardement de Strasbourgcommençait. Il était impossible dy répondre effi-cacement : nos pièces avaient une portée insuffi-sante; il était impossible aussi de garantir desprojectiles la garnison et les habitants : les refugescasemates faisaient défaut. Le 30 août, la défaite du maréchal deMac-Mahonà Beaumont préludait à la catastrophe de Sedan.Le 1 septembre, Napoléon III rendait son épée auroi Guillaume de Prusse. Wimpfen signait la capi-tulation dont on trouvera le texte au départementdes ,\rdennes. Le 23 septembre, Phalsbourg se rendait; Stras-bourg le 28. Le 1 octobre, le général deSchmeling franchis-sait le Rhin et pénétrait dans le Ilaut-I.hin. Ilest presque inutile de dire que les villes les plusimportantes de ce département furent successive-ment occuÇées par des troupes allemandes : Col-mar, Altkirch, Mulhouse, Neuf-Brisach, Dannema- Fl.ANCE ILLUSTRÉE. 33S. rie, etc. Belfort ne fut rendu, comme on le verra,que le 17 f


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