7 Responses to “EDUCATIONAL QUIZ……History, Paris mail”

1. #1 by huskysooner
   January 28th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

   Ah, the Franco-Prussian war.

   How about homing pigeons?
2. #2 by anon
   January 29th, 2007 at 11:23 am

   We’re talking tons of mail. Not pigeons. Besides, I think they ate all the pigeons during the siege.
3. #3 by Randalf the Grey
   January 30th, 2007 at 2:36 am

   The Froggies used balloons not only to transport mail, but to get government officials out of Paris. Ah yes, the Franco-Prussian War, when Bismarck unified the German states and began a long tradition of kicking sand in ze Froggies face. The first battle of that war was fought in Sarrbrucken, where, in 1944-45, my dear old dad and his pals in the 70th Infantry Division penetrated the Siegfried Line and kicked some Kraut butt.
4. #4 by MRambler
   January 30th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

   Did they actually have “large quantities of mail” floating around in the 1800’s….. I guess I never thought that much about communication way back then…… I don’t remember seeing much about the postal service in any history books about the period. They were too busy writing about boinking each other on the head…. How many people would be writing letters during a siege anyway?….. I would be ducking and passing the ammunition……. In other words, I don’t have a clue….. Maybe house to house – you pick out your mail and pass the rest on……
5. #5 by anon
   January 30th, 2007 at 9:04 pm

   Another 5 points for Randalf. (Are we all chipping in for his trophy case?)

   Tons of mail was flown by balloon during the siege.

   Individual letters were delivered by little balloons like you get in the grocery store. It was a siege, but a colorful Paris siege.
6. #6 by huskysooner
   January 31st, 2007 at 11:46 am

   I read about the use of pigeons during the FP war in some old military history book, but I can’t remember exactly where.

   I’m not petitioning for any points, but check out:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_post

   They certainly didn’t carry tons of mail, though.
7. #7 by anon
   January 31st, 2007 at 2:53 pm

   huskysooner,

   Apparently those Parisians didn’t eat all the pigeons and mail was also delivered by bird……..5 points.

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