`` The Times '' of London observed Perception_active on 11 November 1938 : `` No foreign propagandist bent upon blackening Germany before the world could outdo the tale of burnings Bodily_harm and beatings Bodily_harm , of blackguardly assaults Attack on defenseless and innocent people , which disgraced that country yesterday . ''

With the city defenseless and a German assault Attack imminent , the French commander Lieutenant-General Uhrich surrendered Surrendering the fortress , 17,562 troops , 1,277 artillery pieces , 140,000 rifles , including 12,000 Chassepots , 50 locomotives and considerable stores of supplies into German hands on 28 September .