Editing Franco-Prussian War (section)

===Prussian reaction and withdrawal===
[[File:S95francoprussian.jpg|thumb|Prussian parade in Paris in 1871]]
[[File:Europe 1871 map en.png|thumb|Europe after the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany]]
The Prussian Army, under the terms of the armistice, held [[German victory parade in Paris (1871)|a brief victory parade]] in Paris on 1 March; the city was silent and draped with black and the Germans quickly withdrew. Bismarck honoured the armistice, by allowing train loads of food into Paris and withdrawing Prussian forces to the east of the city, prior to a full withdrawal once France agreed to pay a [[French indemnity|five billion franc war indemnity]].{{sfn| Taylor |1955|p=133}} The indemnity was proportioned, according to population, to be the exact equivalent to the indemnity imposed by [[Napoleon]] on Prussia in [[Treaties of Tilsit|1807]].{{sfn| Taylor |1955|p=133}} At the same time, Prussian forces were concentrated in the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. An exodus occurred from Paris as some 200,000 people, predominantly middle-class, went to the countryside.