WAR OF 1870. Autograph notebook of a soldier, July-November 1870; sewn notebook (17 x11 cm), 70 pages. Notebook kept from July 19 (departure from Paris for Metz), to November 9, 1870. August 6: "departure from Puttelange for Souligny, sad camp in mud up to the knees", August 13: visit of the Emperor, August 16: battle of Gravelotte and Saint-Privat. September 1: battle of Borny. September 6: "beginning of the blockade, soup without salt and without horses" .... October 28: "capitulation of Metz [...] in the evening we are made to surrender our weapons", then transfer to Germany of the prisoners of war... Attached is a L.A.S. from the deputy of Ariège Frédéric Arnaud, Versailles April 29, 1871, on "the monstrous insurrection which dominates Paris by terror".