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rationing of any kind, and afterwards only meat was subject to rationing (bread was rationed at the very end of the siege). There were also no attempts to limit hoarding and speculation. Many of the wealthier residents were well-placed to weather the siege since they had put aside stores of food before it began. Infant mortality soared because of the lack of fresh milk. Poor women and their children suffered the most of anybody. Their husbands had the relative advantage of their 1.50 francs per day
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heavy siege artillery to attack the city beginning 25 January 1871. With the renewed artillery attack and an increasingly starving and ill
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and Vanves were silenced by a relentless barrage, allowing the Prussian artillery to be moved up to 750 yards closer to Paris. This made a crucial difference, as from their previous position the guns were only capable of reaching the fringes of the city. The first shells fell on the
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French regular troops (less one division) would be disarmed, Paris would pay an indemnity of two hundred million francs, and the fortifications around the perimeter of the city would be surrendered. In return the armistice was extended until February 19.
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of the city. Crown Prince Albert's army closed in on Paris from the north unopposed, while Crown Prince Frederick moved in from the south. On 17 September a force under Vinoy attacked Frederick's army near
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near the Prussian Headquarters, west of Paris. The crown prince easily repulsed the attack inflicting over 4,000 casualties while suffering just over 600. Trochu resigned as governor and left General
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among them) attempted to depose Trochu's government and form a new one led by themselves, but they could not come to an agreement. In the meantime, battalions of loyal National Guards led by
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without orders, and took the town. The Guard actually had little interest in recapturing their positions at Le Bourget, but Crown Prince Albert ordered the city retaken anyway. In the
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were breaking out amongst the besieging soldiers. In addition, the siege operations competed with the demands of the ongoing Loire Campaign against the remaining French field armies.
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2770:. Pelican Book. Vol. II. London: Penguin.
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1574:* Consommé de cheval au millet. (horse)
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2897:. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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3281:Sieges of the Franco-Prussian War
3006:. "The Siege of Paris, 1870-71"
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2914:The Franco-German War of 1870
2800:German General Staff (1884).
2448:Horne, 1965; pp. 203–204, 212
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1883:Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
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2987:Atlas of Military Strategy
2067:"Siege of Paris | Summary"
1965:North German Confederation
1931:on 18 January 1871 at the
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3015:Paris Under Siege 1870–71
2831:Horne, Alistair (2002) .
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1240:. On 30 September Vinoy
1189:Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
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2854:. New York: Routledge.
2852:The Franco–Prussian War
2071:Encyclopædia Britannica
1702:Armistice and surrender
1262:Illustrated London News
1246:II Royal Bavarian Corps
1202:Leonhard von Blumenthal
955:Franco-German relations
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516:Phalsbourg
419:Le Bourget
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1676:Invalides
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1635:pneumonia
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1769:Air mail
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