Bombardment of Strasbourg
All Resolutions
Bombardment of Strasbourg. The cathedral and its surroundings on the night of August 24.
Description:
View of Strasbourg under bombardment on August 24, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, with smoke filling the air. The cathedral, at the center, is surrounded by damaged buildings and shaken figures.
The caption reads in the original French: Bombardement de Strasbourg. — La cathédrale et ses abords, dans la nuit du 24 août.
Histoire de la révolution de 1870-71 was first published as a series of fascicles by L’Éclipse, a weekly newspaper owned by François Polo. Polo published the text in book format some time later at Librairie Polo, which he also founded.
Share this: 
▲ Top