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August.

18. Battle of Gravelotte, and decisive victory of the united German

armies, under the King of Prussia, over the army of Marshal Bazaine, which is imprisoned at Metz.

19. Bombardment of Strasburg commenced by troops of Baden.

20. Retreat of the army of Marshal MacMahon from the camp of Chalons.

21. Decree of the French Government ordering a national loan of 750,000,000 f., or 30,000,000 £.

22. Occupation of the cities of Chartres and of Chalons by the vanguard of the Third German Army.

23. Proclamation of General Trochu, Governor of Paris, ordering the expulsion from the capital of all foreigners, beggars, and 'bouches inutiles.'

25. Capitulation of the fortress of Vitry-le-Français.

26. Repulse of a sortie of Marshal Bazaine from Metz.

28. Arrival of the army of Marshal MacMahon, accompanied by the Emperor Napoléon, at Carignan, in the Ardennes.

29. Defeat of the right wing of Marshal MacMahon's army, under General de Failly, near Montmédy, with loss of 4,000 prisoners.

30. Defeat of Marshal MacMahon at Beaumont, and retreat of the French army towards Mouzon, with loss of 25 pieces of cannon and 10,000 prisoners.

31. Defeat of Marshal MacMahon at Douzy and Bazeilles, and retreat of

the French army into the fortress of Sedan.

September.

1. Battle of Sedan, and final defeat, with loss of 30,000 prisoners, of the

army of Marshal MacMahon, by the united German armies under the King of Prussia.

2. Interview between the Emperor Napoléon and the King of Prussia, resulting in the capitulation of the whole of the French army imprisoned at Sedan. The Emperor, Marshal MacMahon, thirty-nine generals and 100,000 soldiers of all grades, fall prisoners to the German troops.

3. Proposal to establish a Provisional Government made in the French Legislative Body.

4. Insurrection at Paris, culminating in the overthrow of the Imperial Government, the proclamation of a republic, and the instalment of a 'Provisional Government of National Defence,' composed of nine members, under the presidency of General Trochu. Flight of the Empress-Regent from the Tuileries.

5. Decree of the French Provisional Government of National Defence dissolving the Legislative Body, and abolishing the Senate and the Council of State.

5. Entry of the King of Prussia, at the head of the German armies,

into Rheims.