3-039-184 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The French Siege of Paris: battery at Courbevoie, 1871. 'The army of Versailles has tripled the number of its batteries; three distinct lines of cannon may be distinguished below the fortress of Valérien - the first turned against Asnières, the second against Neuilly, and the third upon Point du Jour. At Courbevoie there are also three strong batteries, which command respectively the left bank of the Seine, the park of Neuilly, and the Avenue of the same name'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.