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Was the continuation of the German invasion of France after the fall of the Second French Empire. The newly created Second French Republic continued to fight, but the German troops eventually occupied most of northern and central France.

Chronology

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  • February 1871: Siege of Belfort (1870-1871).
  • September 1870: On September 19, the Germans surrounded it and erected a blockade, as already established at Metz, completing the encirclement on 20 September.
  • January 1871: Battle of the Lisaine.
  • November 1870: Siege of Thionville (1870).
  • November 1870: Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (1870).
  • November 1870: Siege of La Fère (1870).
  • December 1870: Battle of Coulmiers.
  • January 1871: Battle of the Lisaine.
  • October 1870: Battles of Dijon (1870-1871).
  • January 1871: Battle of Saint-Quentin (1871).
  • January 1871: Battle of Saint-Quentin (1871).
  • December 1870: Fight of Longeau.
  • January 1871: Battle of Le Mans (1871).
  • November 1870: Siege of Thionville (1870).
  • September 1870: It was not till after the capitulation of Metz, and almost at the same time with the close blockade of Thionville, that Montmedy was invested by the German forces.
  • January 1871: Battle of Le Mans (1871).
  • October 1870: Battle of Chateaudun.
  • November 1870: Battle of Coulmiers.
  • September 1870: It was not till after the capitulation of Metz, and almost at the same time with the close blockade of Thionville, that Montmedy was invested by the German forces.
  • October 1870: Battle of Chateaudun.
  • November 1870: Siege of Belfort (1870-1871).
  • November 1870: Siege of La Fère (1870).
  • December 1870: Siege of Péronne (1871).
  • September 1870: On September 19, the Germans surrounded it and erected a blockade, as already established at Metz, completing the encirclement on 20 September.
  • January 1871: Battle of Villersexel.
  • December 1870: Siege of Montmédy (1870).
  • September 1870: Siege of Soissons.
  • November 1870: Battles of Dijon (1870-1871).
  • October 1870: Siege of Soissons.
  • November 1870: Siege of La Fère (1870).
  • November 1870: Siege of Thionville (1870).
  • December 1870: Battle of Orleans (1870).
  • October 1870: Battles of Dijon (1870-1871).
  • November 1870: Siege of Belfort (1870-1871).
  • February 1871: Battle of Villersexel.
  • September 1870: Siege of Soissons.
  • December 1870: Battle of Orleans (1870).
  • November 1870: Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (1870).
  • December 1870: Siege of Péronne (1871).
  • November 1870: Battle of Coulmiers.
  • January 1871: Battle of Villersexel.

Selected Sources

  • B. Stephen (2003): The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, Osprey Publishing, p.69
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, p.154
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, p.223
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, p.313
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, p.337
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.154, 155
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.180, 181
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.224, 225
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.321, 322
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.368, 369
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.389, 390
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.4, 5
  • Graf von Moltke, H. (2022): The Franco-German War of 1870-71, Good Press, pp.5, 6
  • Von Tiedemann, B. (1877): The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71, London : Her majesty's stationery office, p. 110
  • Von Tiedemann, B. (1877): The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71, London : Her majesty's stationery office, p. 140
  • Von Tiedemann, B. (1877): The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71, London : Her majesty's stationery office, p. 148
  • Von Tiedemann, B. (1877): The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71, London : Her majesty's stationery office, p. 186
  • Von Tiedemann, B. (1877): The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71, London : Her majesty's stationery office, p. 192
  • Von Tiedemann, B. (1877): The siege operations in the campaign against France, 1870-71, London : Her majesty's stationery office, p. 96