The Grand Opera House, Paris, 1871. Civil war in Paris: 'The Grand Opera-House, lately erected on the Boulevard des Italiens, was occupied by the soldiers of the regular army, on Tuesday, the 22nd May, without much difficulty, the Communists still defending their barricades in the surrounding streets'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

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