Napoleon III28 July 1870
France mobilizes its forces but the frontier fortresses are not ready for a siege
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France mobilizes its forces but the frontier fortresses are not ready for a siege
The fortress of Metz capitulates. Surrenders 180,000 men denying hope of a Napoleonic restoration
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