A GRAND STAGE SPECTACLE.
Osb of tho*e militiry spectacles *in .which tlic/FruAuh delight has been placed *3Hhl»f ofptcioßs sUgr of tho (J hate let io > Paris} Nominally a drama, it in in fcaJHyW^ndteention of ftibleaux. the inoit rematkahle of whtoh is the on r -presenting the^ sieg^of Zurich 'I'm* spire* of "the city are seen rising above' its battlemonted walls, in front of which is a promen tde shaded hy trees. A park of artillery is brought upon the boirdsand commences pounding away, amidst a territi", din. Presently the gates give way, and a torrent of Infantry, (supported by a regiment of cavalry, rushes into the city, and are seen vanquishing the resist ance of tha troop-i inside with bayonet nnd sabre. Another tkhleau shows tho spectator th« Russian amiy '.rotting the snowy heights of St; GiUmd.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 214, 3 April 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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137A GRAND STAGE SPECTACLE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 214, 3 April 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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