The national mood was soon depressed by news of successive reverses; at Sedan on 2 September, the French armies suffered an overwhelming defeat; Napoleon was captured and deposed, and the Second Empire came to a sudden end.
O ánimo da nación axiña decaeu logo das novas de sucesivos reveses: o 2 de setembro en Sedan os exércitos franceses sufriron unha contundente derrota, Napoleón foi capturado e deposto, finalizando así o Segundo Imperio Francés.