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Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)Leighton, John

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Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

Name: Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)
Author: Leighton, John

Leighton, John

Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871

Pont d’Austerlitz, with restaurant Trousseau and sluice-keeper’s
  house. _All burnt_.
  Rotonde de la Villette. _Damaged_.
  Hospice de l’Enfant Jesus. _Damaged_.
  Hospital Lariboisière. _Damaged_.
  Hospital Salpétrière: (House of refuge and lunatic-asylum for women).
  _Burnt_.
  Prison of la Roquette. _Damaged_.
  Gare de Lyon (Lyons railway terminus). _Fired and damaged_.
  Gare d’Orléans (Orleans railway terminus.) _Damaged_.
  Gare Montparnasse (Western railway terminus). _Damaged_.
  Gare de Strasbourg (Eastern railway terminus). _Damaged_.
  Gare de Vincennes (Vincennes railway terminus). _Damaged_.
  House of M. Thiers (Place St. Georges). _Pulled down (previously)_.
  Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (cemetery). _Damaged_.
  Barrière Charenton. _Damaged_.
  Luxembourg: Powder Magazine in rear of Palace _blown up_, some
  subsidiary buildings _burnt_, and whole quarter _damaged_.

  Avenue des Amandiers: Nos. 1, 2, 4, _Burnt_.
    No. 69. _Damaged_.
  Avenue de Choisy: Nos. 202, 221. _Dam._
  Avenue de Clichy: Nos. 2, 4, 22. _Dam._
  Avenue d’Italie: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 78, 88. _Damaged._
  Avenue d’Orléans: Nos. 79, 81, 83. _Dam._
  Avenue Victoria: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5. _Burnt._
    No. 6. _Damaged._
  Avenue de Vincennes: Nos. 2, 4, 10. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Beaumarchais: No. 1. _Burnt._
    Nos. 2, 13, 15, 26, 28, 30, 109. _Dam._
  Boulevard de Bercy: No. 4, 8. _Dam._
  Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle: Nos. 11, 15. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Bourdon: Nos. 7, 17. _Dam._
  Boulevard des Capucines: No. 11;
      Maison Giroux, Nos. 43, 58, 60. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de la Chapelle: Nos. 10, 12,
      14, 18, 20, coach houses and stables,
      22, 30, 34, 40, 62, 86, 90, 94,
      100, 122, 141, 143, 145, 147, “Aux
      Buttes Chaumont,” 157, 163, 165,
      169, 208, “Au Cadran Bleu,” 216,
      218. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de Charonne: Nos. 50, 52, 74. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de Clichy: No. 77; Convent and
      Church; Nos. 79, 81, 84, 86. _Dam._
  Boulevard Contrescarpe: Nos. 2, 4. _Burnt._
    Nos. 42, 46. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de la Gare: No. 131. _Dam._
  Boulevard Hausmann: Nos. 23, 72. _Damaged._
  Boulevard d’Italie: Nos. 7, 69. _Dam._
  Boulevard de la Madeleine: No. 1. _Dam._
  Boulevard Magenta: Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 15,
      48, 70, 78, 98, 114, “Au Méridien,”
      118, 143, 151, 153, 156. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Malesherbes: Nos. 9, 33. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Mazas: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. _Burnt._
    Nos. 22, 26, 28 bis, 30, 60. _Dam._
  Boulevard Montmartre: No, 1. _Dam._
  Boulevard du Montparnasse: Nos. 9 bis,
      41, 70, 100, 120, 150. _Damaged._
    Nos. 25, three shops, 110, 112. _Burnt._
  Boulevard Ornano: No. 56. _Burnt._
    Nos. 1, 4, 7, 9, 22, 27, 32. _Dam._
  Boulevard Poissonnière: No. 15. _Dam._
  Boulevard du Port-Royal: Nos. 16, 18, 20. _Damaged._
  Boulevard du Prince Eugène: Magazins-Réunis
      (co-operative store). _Dam._
  Boulevard Richard-Lenoir: Nos. 20, 82. _Burnt._
    Nos. 1, 5, 7, 9, 31, 36, 50, 69, 76,

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Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)Leighton, John

History

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

Leighton, John

Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871

Pont d’Austerlitz, with restaurant Trousseau and sluice-keeper’s
  house. _All burnt_.
  Rotonde de la Villette. _Damaged_.
  Hospice de l’Enfant Jesus. _Damaged_.
  Hospital Lariboisière. _Damaged_.
  Hospital Salpétrière: (House of refuge and lunatic-asylum for women).
  _Burnt_.
  Prison of la Roquette. _Damaged_.
  Gare de Lyon (Lyons railway terminus). _Fired and damaged_.
  Gare d’Orléans (Orleans railway terminus.) _Damaged_.
  Gare Montparnasse (Western railway terminus). _Damaged_.
  Gare de Strasbourg (Eastern railway terminus). _Damaged_.
  Gare de Vincennes (Vincennes railway terminus). _Damaged_.
  House of M. Thiers (Place St. Georges). _Pulled down (previously)_.
  Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (cemetery). _Damaged_.
  Barrière Charenton. _Damaged_.
  Luxembourg: Powder Magazine in rear of Palace _blown up_, some
  subsidiary buildings _burnt_, and whole quarter _damaged_.

  Avenue des Amandiers: Nos. 1, 2, 4, _Burnt_.
    No. 69. _Damaged_.
  Avenue de Choisy: Nos. 202, 221. _Dam._
  Avenue de Clichy: Nos. 2, 4, 22. _Dam._
  Avenue d’Italie: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 78, 88. _Damaged._
  Avenue d’Orléans: Nos. 79, 81, 83. _Dam._
  Avenue Victoria: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5. _Burnt._
    No. 6. _Damaged._
  Avenue de Vincennes: Nos. 2, 4, 10. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Beaumarchais: No. 1. _Burnt._
    Nos. 2, 13, 15, 26, 28, 30, 109. _Dam._
  Boulevard de Bercy: No. 4, 8. _Dam._
  Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle: Nos. 11, 15. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Bourdon: Nos. 7, 17. _Dam._
  Boulevard des Capucines: No. 11;
      Maison Giroux, Nos. 43, 58, 60. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de la Chapelle: Nos. 10, 12,
      14, 18, 20, coach houses and stables,
      22, 30, 34, 40, 62, 86, 90, 94,
      100, 122, 141, 143, 145, 147, “Aux
      Buttes Chaumont,” 157, 163, 165,
      169, 208, “Au Cadran Bleu,” 216,
      218. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de Charonne: Nos. 50, 52, 74. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de Clichy: No. 77; Convent and
      Church; Nos. 79, 81, 84, 86. _Dam._
  Boulevard Contrescarpe: Nos. 2, 4. _Burnt._
    Nos. 42, 46. _Damaged._
  Boulevard de la Gare: No. 131. _Dam._
  Boulevard Hausmann: Nos. 23, 72. _Damaged._
  Boulevard d’Italie: Nos. 7, 69. _Dam._
  Boulevard de la Madeleine: No. 1. _Dam._
  Boulevard Magenta: Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 15,
      48, 70, 78, 98, 114, “Au Méridien,”
      118, 143, 151, 153, 156. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Malesherbes: Nos. 9, 33. _Damaged._
  Boulevard Mazas: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. _Burnt._
    Nos. 22, 26, 28 bis, 30, 60. _Dam._
  Boulevard Montmartre: No, 1. _Dam._
  Boulevard du Montparnasse: Nos. 9 bis,
      41, 70, 100, 120, 150. _Damaged._
    Nos. 25, three shops, 110, 112. _Burnt._
  Boulevard Ornano: No. 56. _Burnt._
    Nos. 1, 4, 7, 9, 22, 27, 32. _Dam._
  Boulevard Poissonnière: No. 15. _Dam._
  Boulevard du Port-Royal: Nos. 16, 18, 20. _Damaged._
  Boulevard du Prince Eugène: Magazins-Réunis
      (co-operative store). _Dam._
  Boulevard Richard-Lenoir: Nos. 20, 82. _Burnt._
    Nos. 1, 5, 7, 9, 31, 36, 50, 69, 76,

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Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)

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