He threatened to open negotiations with him and to send him back to France at the head of Bazaine's army.
Bazaine and the French camped the first night, the next day, and yet another night outside the City, waiting.
When Bazaine reached Metz with his army he discovered that the railway running north had been cut, and that he was surrounded.
Was it not true that only the day before there had been a rumor that Bazaine was at Verdun?
Bazaine was therein authorized, when the security of the Mexican Empire absolutely demanded it, to advance ten millions of francs.
