The XIVth Corps in December 250 The Ist Army in December 252 Reduction of Mezieres (1st January, 1871) 257 Paris in December 259 Combat of Le Bourget (21st December) 261 Bombardment of Mont-Avron (27th December) 264 The Army of the East under General Bourbaki 266 Advance of the IInd Army to Le Mans 269 Battle in front of Le Mans (10th--12th January) 284 Occurrences northward of Paris during January 303 Battle of Bapaume (3rd January) 305 Fighting on the Lower Seine (4th January) 308 Reduction of Peronne (9th January) 310 Battle of St. Quentin (19th January) 316 Occurrences in the South-Eastern Seat of War up to 17th January 324 Siege of Belfort 324 Transfer of the French Army of the East to the South-Eastern Seat of War (end of December) 328 Action of Villersexel (9th January) 331 Battle on the Lisaine (15th--17th January) 338 The Artillery Attack on Paris (January, 1871) 349 Battle of Mont Valerien (19th January) 355 Prosecution of the Artillery Attack on Paris to the Armistice 361 Operations of the Army of the South under General von Manteuffel 366 General Hann von Weyhern's March on Dijon 390 Occupation of the Departments of the Doubs, Jura, and Cote d'Or 391 Prosecution of the Siege of Belfort 393 The Armistice 399 The Homeward March of the German Army 406 APPENDIX. On the pretended Council of War in the Wars of King William I. 413 "Orders of Battle" of the French and German Armies in the first period of the war 419 THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. PART I.