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    The siege of Paris took place from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871 and ended in the capture of the city by forces of the various states of the North...
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  • the League of the Public Weal Siege of Paris (1590), the Protestant siege by Henry IV of France Siege of Paris (18701871), the German siege in the Franco-Prussian...
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    The Siege of Paris is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Ernest Meissonier, created in 1884. It represents the Siege of Paris (18701871), during...
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    the siege of Paris (18701871) and the Paris Commune (1871). The cemetery was created at the beginning of the 19th century in the southern part of the...
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    Pigeon post (category History of telecommunications)
    post during the Siege of Paris. The pigeon post that was in operation while Paris was besieged during the Franco-Prussian War of 18701871 is probably the...
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  • 31, 1870, a popular insurrection occupied Paris's City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). Amidst the Franco-Prussian War, Parisians simultaneously heard of losses...
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    1 March 1871 the Imperial German Army paraded through Paris to mark their victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The city had been under siege by Prussian...
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    March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and...
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  • The siege of Mézières was a siege battle during the Franco-Prussian War, it took place from November 17, 1870 until January 2, 1871, in Mézières-en-Gâtinais...
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  • Deux-Sèvres) Battle of Châtillon, fought at Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine during the Siege of Paris (18701871) It is the name of several places: In Belgium...
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    Fort de Nogent (category Fortifications of Paris)
    manner of Vauban. During the Siege of Paris (18701871), the fort was commanded by Commandant Pistoulet, with artillery under the command of Chef d'Escadron...
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  • The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 18701871, is a 1965 history of the Paris Commune written by Alistair Horne and published by St. Martin's...
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  • correspondence of the Daily news, 1870, Page 198 Melvin Kranzberg, The siege of Paris, 1870-1871: a political and social history, Page 29 "France in 1870-71; an...
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    Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris (18701871) begins. From September 23, balloon mail is sent out of the city. September 20 – Capture of Rome; With Bersaglieri...
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    Battle of Buzenval, also known as the Battle of Mont Valérien, was part of the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. On 19 January 1871, the day...
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    Empire, a victim of a lost war, not of a revolution. French Third Republic Government of National Defense Siege of Paris (18701871) Milza, Pierre (2007)...
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  • Wheel of life. This version of the animation device had 13 images and a single slot shutter disc. Specific date unknown: During the Siege of Paris (1870-1871)...
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    French army 's siege when Paris was under German siege, causing the French army heavy losses. Several other French breakthroughs in late 1870 were also broken...
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    release of the large forces besieging the fortress of Metz allowed them to overcome. Prussian forces commenced the siege of Paris on 19 September 1870. Faced...
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    The First battle of Le Bourget was part of the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, fought between 27 and 30 October 1870. General Carey de Bellemare...
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  • of Chevilly was fought during the siege of Paris. The battle was the second French sortie from Paris against the German armies. On 30 September 1870 General...
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    Fort Neuf de Vincennes (category Fortifications of Paris)
    is one of seventeen forts built as part of the Thiers Wall fortifications for the defense of the capital. During the Siege of Paris (18701871) the fort...
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    Michael Eliot (2001). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 18701871 (Second ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26671-8. Villiers, Leaders...
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    designed to withstand the bombardment of super-guns being designed in that era following the siege of Paris (18701871). The Germans still held a narrow land...
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  • an artist. He married Rachel Marshall in 1871 and they travelled to Paris during the Siege of Paris (18701871). The family moved to the USA around 1880...
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    Élisée Reclus (category Members of the Société Ramond)
    des phénomènes de la vie du globe in two volumes. During the Siege of Paris (18701871), Reclus shared in the aerostatic operations conducted by Félix...
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    Moulins Ball (category Siege of Paris (18701871))
    Boule de Moulins was a method of transporting mail from the provinces to the city of Paris, used during the siege of the 1870 war. As the mail to be transported...
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  • the siege of Paris (18701871) and a serious famine during the winter of 1870-1871, the French capitulation and the cease-fire on 26 January 1871, the...
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    balloons were again employed by the French in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris. During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China, the...
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    dogs. During the Siege of Paris (18701871), food shortages caused by the German blockade of the city caused the citizens of Paris to turn to alternative...
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