War of the Government of National Defence
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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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October 1870: Battle of Chateaudun.
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.
September 1870: Siege of Soissons.
September 1870: On September 19, the Germans surrounded it and erected a blockade, as already established at Metz, completing the encirclement on 20 September.
October 1870: Battles of Dijon (1870-1871).
November 1870: Siege of Belfort (1870-1871).
November 1870: Siege of La Fère (1870).
November 1870: Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (1870).
December 1870: Battle of Orleans (1870).
December 1870: Battle of Coulmiers.
December 1870: Siege of Montmédy (1870).
December 1870: Siege of Péronne (1871).
January 1871: Battle of the Lisaine.
January 1871: Battle of Saint-Quentin (1871).
November 1870: Battle of Coulmiers.
January 1871: Battle of Le Mans (1871).
January 1871: Battle of Villersexel.
February 1871: Battle of Villersexel.
November 1870: Battles of Dijon (1870-1871).
October 1870: Siege of Soissons.
November 1870: Siege of Thionville (1870).
December 1870: Fight of Longeau.
February 1871: Siege of Belfort (1870-1871).
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
