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The pigeon post that was in operation while Paris was besieged during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 is probably the most famous. Barely six weeks after the outbreak of hostilities, the Emperor Napoleon III and the French Army of Châlons surrendered at Sedan on 2 September 1870.
Pigeon Forge: Weekly or bi-weekly Tennessee Tribune: Nashville: 1992 [8] Weekly or bi-weekly Tennessean, The [2] Nashville: 1907 Daily: Gannett Company [6] Began as Nashville Whig in 1812; later became Nashville American [3] [5] Times Gazette: Shelbyville: Daily: Tirade Media: Murfreesboro: Weekly or bi-weekly Tullahoma News and Guardian ...
A pigeon is released by the city goddess Lutetia sitting l. on a cannon. In the background up at r. a hot air balloon carrying homing pigeons. 2 lines in exergue: "PARIS 1870-1871"/ A pigeon landing l., curved above: "MINISTÈRE DE LA GUERRE", 2 lines in exergue: "COMMUNICATIONS AÉRIENNES".
Paris is located just south of the center of Henry County at (36.301229, -88.313815 U.S. Route 641 passes through the city center as Market Street, leading north 21 miles (34 km) to Murray, Kentucky, and southeast 22 miles (35 km) to Camden.
Genghis Khan had a pigeon network that crossed all of Eastern Europe and Asia. (The “ravens” of Game of Thrones are based on actual pigeon post.) This method of carrying messages lasted all ...
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In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the famous pigeon post of Paris carried up to 50,000 microfilmed telegrams per pigeon flight from Tours into the besieged capital. Altogether 150,000 individual private telegrams and state dispatches were delivered. [ 5 ]
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