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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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  • Weal Siege of Paris (1590), the Protestant siege by Henry IV of France Siege of Paris (18701871), the German siege in the Franco–Prussian War Siege of Paris...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and working-class radicalism...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a...
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  • Thumbnail for German victory parade in Paris (1871)
    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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    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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    Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (category Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870))
    levied for the purpose of raising the Siege of Paris. The Siege of Metz ended with its surrender on 27 October. On 28 January 1871, an armistice was concluded...
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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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    Railway gun (category World War I artillery of the United States)
    [citation needed] France also used improvised railway guns during the Siege of Paris (18701871). In France, Lt. Col Peigné is often credited with designing the...
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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 January 26, 1871, the...
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    effective from 28 January, by surrendering to the Germans to end the siege of Paris; Jules Favre, a prominent French politician, did so, meeting with Bismarck...
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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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    Left Bank. The din of the cannonade instilled fear in Parisians. The fighting around Paris during the autumn and winter of 1870-1871 led to several disasters...
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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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    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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    The siege of Strasbourg took place during the Franco-Prussian War, and resulted in the French surrender of the fortress on 28 September 1870. After the...
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    Battles of Dijon were a series of battles that took place in 1870 and 1871, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, on the current territory of the French...
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    1870-71. Picador. OCLC 922079975. Horne, Alistair (1965). "Chapter 25: 'La Semaine Sanglante'--II". The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870–1...
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    September 1870 to 13 February 1871 during the Franco-Prussian War. It was formed after the proclamation of the Republic in Paris on 4 September, which in turn...
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    Ernest Meissonier (category Members of the Académie des beaux-arts)
    Italy at the beginning of the war in 1870. During the Siege of Paris (18701871) he was colonel of a regiment de marche, one of the improvised units thrown...
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