Jules Favre18 September 1870
Requests honourable peace from Bismarck who demands Alsace, Metz, Strasburg & a port
France · Warfare / Franco-Prussian War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Requests honourable peace from Bismarck who demands Alsace, Metz, Strasburg & a port
Organizes the "francs-tireurs", French resistance fighters
After victory at Metz the German forces move on Paris
Forced back across the border into Switzerland as Paris capitulates
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