Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . intupwards of 47 miles from where the left wing previouslystood, is probably without a parallel in military history. The result of the battle of Gravelotte was to imprisonBazaines army in Metz, where it remained until its sur-render. The imprisonment of Bazaines army made pos-sible the capture of Sedan with the forces under MacMa-hon, the surrender of the emperor, the fall of the empire,the advance upon the French capital, the siege and captureof Paris, and the great triumph of the German army. AtVersaille
Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . intupwards of 47 miles from where the left wing previouslystood, is probably without a parallel in military history. The result of the battle of Gravelotte was to imprisonBazaines army in Metz, where it remained until its sur-render. The imprisonment of Bazaines army made pos-sible the capture of Sedan with the forces under MacMa-hon, the surrender of the emperor, the fall of the empire,the advance upon the French capital, the siege and captureof Paris, and the great triumph of the German army. AtVersailles, on the 1st of January, 1871, King William ofPrussia was proclaimed Emperor of Germany amid the roar 364 DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO. of the cannon by which haughty Paris was reduced tohumiliation. Two months later the war came to an endwith the preliminary treaty of peace, and on the ioth ofMay was signed the definitive treaty by which France sur-rendered portions of her territory to the conquerors, andpaid an indemnity of five milliards of francs for the ex-penses of the 50
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