Note 307 — Chapter XXXI · 1871. JANUARY. SIEGE. BOMBARDMENT. CAPITULATION OF PARIS
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Referring to confusedly expressed news received by pigeon, which was interpreted to the effect that Faidherbe had repulsed the enemy in the Pas de Calais; Chansy and Bourbaki were at Nevers “watching” on either flank of the army of Prince Frederick Charles; at Nuits, “a French general” had with 10,000 French beaten 25,000 Prussians.