Lay down your Arms by Bertha von Suttner — Read

First Days of the War in Paris -- Constant Reverses of the French Arms -- Fall of Metz -- Paris Turned Into a Fortress -- The Prussians Expelled from Paris -- Surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and His Army at Sedan -- Proclamation of the Republic -- Futile Negotiations for Peace -- We Determine to Quit Paris -- This Is Prevented by My Illness -- When I Recover the Winter Has Set In, and Paris Has Long Been Beleaguered -- Fall of Strasbourg -- Paris Bombarded -- The Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles -- Dreams of Release and Future Happiness Suddenly Interrupted by the Arrest and Execution of My Husband by the Communards.

"Oh monsieur! Oh madame! What happiness! What great news! " With these words Frederick's valet rushed into our room one day, and the cook after him. It was the day of Wörth.