Rifle practice of the National Guards at Vincennes, Paris, (sketch by balloon post), 1871. The Franco-Prussian War. 'The rifle-shooting practice of some companies of National Guards, still undergoing their military instruction in the Park of Vincennes, is the subject [on of our] Illustrations belonging to the defence of Paris'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

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