Memoires and Studies of War and Peace Author:Archibald Forbes General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons Subjects: Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 History / Europe / France History / Europe / Germany History / Military / General History / Military / Other Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no i... more »llustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PARIS IN PROSTRATION. Tidings of Capitulation of Paris received at Margency, evening January 28th -- Inclusion of St. Denis Forts in Capitulation Convention -- January 29th, Crown Prince of Saxony entered St. Denis -- Attitude of St. Denis -- Solicitude of Inhabitants for Protection of Cathedral -- The Misery of the Five Days' Bombardment -- Devotion of International Ambulance -- Luncheon on Horse-flesh -- Entry into Paris, " Cochon," "Assassin" -- Thankful for Prussian Money -- " Paris utterly Cowed " -- Sadness and Self-respect -- American Legation -- Dr. Charles Gordon -- The last Fowl -- Questions and Answers -- Absence of Crime during Siege -- The Queues outside the Butchers' and Bakers'. DURING the period from the surrender of Metz to the capitulation of Paris -- in other words, from the beginning of November, 1870 until the end of January, 1871 -- I was attached to the headquarters of the Army of the Meuse, holding the northern and eastern sections of the investment of Paris. The chief of that army was the Crown Prince (now the King) of Saxony, who with his headquarter staff abode for the most part in the chateau of Margency, about ten miles due north of Paris, in the heart of the forest of Montmorency. At nine o'clock on the evening of January 28th, while the headquarter staff were assembled in the Crown Prince's drawing-room after dinner, an orderly brought in a telegram to the Prince. His Royal Highne...« less