Metz Capitulates
October 27, 1870
Marshal Bazaine surrendered the great fortress of Metz and the last intact French field army - 180,000 men - without a serious battle. It was one of the largest surrenders in military history. France, already reeling, now had only citizen volunteers and national guards to defend Paris against German siege guns.
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Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.