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| Picture No | 10219099 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Description | Communard Retreat at Asnieres; Paris Commune 1871 |
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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.
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| Source | Engraving by Charles Robinson in 'The Illustrated London News', 29 April 1871, page 429 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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