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| Picture No | 10219088 |
| Date | March 1870 |
| Description | Socialists attacking the Fire-Station, Belleville 1870 |
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'Red Republican Conspirators' attacking the Fireman's Station at Belleville, Paris. Socialist agitators were already a force in Paris and tried to proclaim a new republic, Commune, in October 1870. The Commune actually took charge in Paris between 26th March and 21st May 1871, after the end of Franco-Prussian War, but were then brutally suppressed by the National Guard.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 27 August 1870, page 216 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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