Street fighting in the Rue de Rivoli; Paris Commune 1871

Illustration showing street fighting, in the Rue de Rivoli, between French Government troops and Paris Communards, 1871. Barricades can be seen at each end of the street and snipers firing from the roof tops among battlescarred buildings. The National Guard, based at Versailles, defeated the Communards on 21st May 1871 and a week of massacres ensued

Barricades Communards Commune Defeated Ensued Massacres Rivoli Snipers Tops

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