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NH 95126 Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71

Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
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Title: Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
Caption: Engraving from "Harper's Weekly" 15 Oct. 1870, depicting French General Lauriston waving the white flag of truce from atop a wall of the beseiged fortress at Sedan, 1 September 1870. The other scene typifies a prussian demand to surrender before a surrounded French walled city, like Toul Metz or Strasbourg, in the wake of the disaster at Sedan.
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Catalog #: NH 95126
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Sat, Oct 15, 1870
After this Year: 1870
Before this Year: 1879
Original Medium: BW Photo
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