Painting by alphonse de neuville from 1878, the french defeat in the first battle of le bourget. French troops had retreated to the church of saint-nicolas during the german counter-offensive on october 30, 1870 and had to surrender there. Object Type: painting, sketch. Genre: history painting. Date: 1878. Dimensions: height: 57.5 cm (22.6 in) ; width: 79 cm (31.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Jean-Eugène Brasseur. Collection: Musée d'Orsay. Le Bourget, 30 octobre 1870 (1878) de Alphonse de Neuville
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