Siege of Metz (1870)
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The Siege of Metz was a siege fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 19 August to 27 October 1870, and ended in a decisive allied German victory.
One of the Metz forts under German occupation after the French surrender
Defence of Metz by the French Army – painting by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville
The Surrender of the French Army at Metz, Conrad Freyberg (1876)
Second French Empire
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The Second French Empire, officially the French Empire, was the government of France from 1852 to 1870. It was established on 2 December 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of France under the
Siege of Metz (1870)
…One of the Metz forts under German occupation after the French surrender Date 19 August – 27 October 1870 (2 months, 1 week and 1 day) Location Metz, France Result German victory Territorial changes Metz occupied by the allied German armies Belligerents North German Confederation Prussia Hesse-Darmstadt…
The official declaration of the Second Empire, at the Hôtel de Ville, Paris on 2 December 1852
The Avenue de l'Opéra, one of the new boulevards created by Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann
The French landing near Yevpatoria, Crimea, then part of the Russian Empire, 1854
Arrival of Marshal Randon in Algiers, French Algeria, 1857