The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-08
NAPOLEON-A PRISONER-FRANCF
PROCLAIMED a REPUBLIC.

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The last battle between Napoleon and
fsoas King William took place near Sedan on
Thursday the list. inst.o The French
armyso of 10000 was underline command
of Marshal Mcmahon and the Prussian
army of nearly twice that number VAS
under the Command of Won Molkte, Ma
poleon and the King being with theif re-
spectlVc. armies. Count Bismark and
.ss.a Won Room were at the, Kings Head Quar-
tiers and so were Generals sheridan, For
30 sytle and qnother. The battle COM
menced earlyin the morning, and contin=
- ued, to. S. o'clock when flag of trnee,
.aa borne by French officer accompanied
by two uhlans, approached the King s
Head Qual ters.--The~ officer came-to ask
terms ofsurrender to which the King re-
piled in writing: You are therefnreto
o}soFeturli to Sedan ana tell the Governor of
the townrto report himself to the King of
Prussia. If he does not move in an hour
our guns will again open fire. You may
= tell the con1raar.dant that there is no use
of his trying to obtain other terms than
unconditional surrender" Soon another
- flag Of truce, was seen borne by, Gen.
~ 'Reflley with an autograph letter from
d, 1.-The Emperor Napoleon t, King William
as follows =" l cannot die at the head of
my army lay my sword at the feet of
your Majesty" The surrender of the
.9varmy and forces at Sedan by Gen.
Wimpfen then in command, soon follow
ed3N0FTOH 35NNbY
For a time the news of the surrender
of Napoleon and the army was kept from
a Paris, and when received, it was not at
first believed. On the Sd, the ministers
announced by proclamation the surrender
of NIcNahon's army and the capture of
Napoleon. By midnight the excitement
among the people had become indescrib-
able The Corps Legislatif adjourned
till noonof Sunday. ION Sunday, between
one and two P. NJ. 10000 armed citizens
were marching to the Corps Legislatif,
surrounding the building amid frenzied
hurrahs of countless masses which were
The Corps Lcgislatif soon passed una11i-
mously resolution of De-choance-touS1-
are fThe.vote on the deposition Of the
Imperial dynasty in the Corps Legislatif
was carried by 1876 out of 900 votes
4. A Provisional Government has been
proclaimed by reclamation and France
is proclaimed arepublic. The following
proceedings and proclamations will ex-
plain thu dissolution of The old and the
formation of the new Government.
The tribunels surrounding the Cham
Der were thrnnged with people, who call
ed loudly for the declaration of the down
fall of the empire, and proclamation of
the republic, Most ofthe Deputies left
the Chamber Gambetta and others APP
IS pealed to the people to respect the liber-
3 tv of the deliberations of the Cha mber,
and to listen in silence. These appeals
were useless. There was a scene of in
describable agitation, and in the midst
of it rose enthusiastic cries of TGge La Re
Is pu5giqu6, the people, the National Guard
sa and the soldiers fraternizlng with each
other. Gambetta and other members of
the Left proclaimed the overthrow Of the
Empire Then q deputation of these
. members, followed by crowds OF people,
went to the, Hotel de Vile to proclaim
heproYisional government. The depu-
tation consisted of Trochu, Gambetta,
Jules Simon, Pellatan, Jules Favre, Ferry,
Keratry, Cremieux, Picard, and Greny.
PARIS, Sept. 5.-The journal Official
de la RepubJique publishes the following ::
PRoCLA8fATIoNss
Citizens Of Paris:
The republic is proclaimed. "a govern