It is difficult to understand why we Germans celebrate the 2nd of September--a day on which nothing memorable happened, but what was the inevitable result of the previous day's work; the day on which the army really crowned itself with glory was the 1st of September. The splendid victory of that day had cost the Germans 460 officers and 8500 men. The French losses were far greater; they amounted to 17,000 men, and were chiefly wrought because of the full development of the fire of the German artillery. During the battle there were taken prisoners 21,000 By the Capitulation 83,000 ------ A total of 104,000 sent into captivity. The prisoners for the present were assembled on the peninsula of Iges formed by the Meuse. As supplies for them were entirely lacking, the Commandant of Mezieres permitted the unrestricted transport of provisions by the railway as far as Donchery. Two Army Corps were assigned to the duty of guarding and escorting the convoys of prisoners, who were sent off in successive bodies 2000 strong by two roads, one to Etain, and the other by Clermont to Pont a Mousson, where the prisoners were taken over by the army investing Metz, and forwarded to various parts of Germany. On Belgian territory 3000 men had been disarmed. The spoils of war taken at Sedan consisted of three standards, 419 field-pieces, 139 fortress guns, 66,000 rifles, over 1000 waggons, and 6000 serviceable horses. With the entire nullification of this army fell the Empire in France. FOOTNOTES: [23] Moncelle is northward of Bazeilles. [24] Now commanding XIIth Corps, since his elder brother's appointment to command of the Army of the Meuse. [25] Sense and accuracy alike indicate that "Army of the Meuse" in text should be "Third Army," _vide_ Staff History, part I. 2nd vol. pp. 361, 367, and 370.--Clarke's authorized Trs. PART II. While one half of the German Army was thus engaged in a victorious advance, the other half remained stationary before Metz.