Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night

Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War. In foreground men are picking up basket of homing pigeons which baloon would take out of city and which would be released with messages to take back to Paris. Wood engraving London, 1871

Ascent Ballooning Baloon Besieged Dispatches Franco-prussian Gare Homing Hydrogen Messages Nord Picking Pigeons Secrecy

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