Picture No | 10219301 |
Date | 1870 |
Description | Franco-Prussian War. The Streets of Strasbourg during the S |
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Between August the 4th and 6th 1870 Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia defeated French Marshal MacMahon at Worth and Weissenburg, pushing him out of Alsace and surrounding Strasbourg. This scene at Strasbourg of damaged buildings and families under fire vividly captures the impact of the war on ordinary people.
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Source | Illustrated London News. 1870. p 392. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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