[209] Ibid., 306.

[210] Souvenirs, IV. 315.

[211] Ibid., 324.

[212] Favre, op. cit., III. 342.

[213] Ibid., 345.

[214] Favre, op. cit., III. 347.

[215] Souvenirs, IV. 324.

[216] Minister of Finance. See ante, 140.

[217] Trochu, who had resigned after Buzenval, had been succeeded as Governor of Paris by General Vinoy.

[218] Mme. Adam dates the signing of the armistice on the 26th, the day when firing ceased. But by an arrangement between Favre and Bismarck the bombardment closed two days before the signing of the capitulation. See Jules Favre, Gouvernement de la Défense Nationale, II. 403.