Vae Victis! Finish:Float frame The fine weather brought the

The fine weather brought the crowds out to Happy Hampstead

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Rita Tushingham seated

View of the east front of Buckingham House

A sign on a building advertises 'meagre soup' and some of the soldiers are clamouring around a flag which bears the message

Vae Victis! Finish:Float frame The fine weather brought theVae Victis!, 1871. The newly proclaimed Emperor of Germany, in the helmet of Victory, leads his troops into the French capital over the fallen body of Paris. His own crown contrasts with his horse treading on the crown of Paris. This relates to France's loss of the war against Prussia. The war began in July 1871, and on 1st March 1871, 30,000 German troops made a triumphal entry into their foe's capital. From Punch, or the London Charivari, March 11,