Edmond Goncourt, Journal: 30 janvier 1871.

Not Jules, who had died the previous April. The Prix Goncourt supplied the clue. Bismarck insisted on being allowed to continue to pursue Bourbaki in the Jura (partly in the hope of capturing Garibaldi): Bourbaki, in the end, led his army into Switzerland, like a wing three-quarter hustled into touch, and surrendered to the Swiss authorities.