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| Picture No | 10219084 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Description | Street fighting in the Rue de Rivoli; Paris Commune 1871 |
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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.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Graphic', 10 June 1871, page 532 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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