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Show Tl(E twenty-seventh day of the mo'nth during the war between France and Germany has been an eventful one. The 27th of August was marked by a brilliant victory of the Germans over the French near Buzancy, in which the General of the French forces was taken prisoner; and also by the beginning of operations around Saden; On the evening of the 27th of September Sep-tember Strasburg eapitukted. On the morning of the 27th of October Bazaine's army and the fortress of Metz surrendered. On the 27th of November Novem-ber an important victory was won by the First Di vision of the German army oyer the French Xorthern army, the latter losing several thousand men, and being driven back towards the Somme, and the Germans under Goeben, in consequence of the victory, taking possession of Amiens on the following day. On the 27th of December De-cember began the bombardment of the forts around Paris. On the 27th of January the bombardment of the forts and city itself ceased. Ex. |
