Communard Retreat at Asnieres; Paris Commune 1871

Communards retreating from government forces, back over the Seine by means of the Asnieres Bridge, 1871. During April 1871 the bridge was fought over by the Communards and the National Guard, changing hands several times. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists set up the Commune and refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government. This led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards

Asnieres Bitter Changing Communard Communards Commune Executions Fought Means Refused Retreat Retreating Rightwing

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