2-715-250 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Battle between the German gunship "Meteor" and the French aviso "Bouvet" off Havana, 9 November 1870, (1936). 'Kampf Zwischen Dem Deutschen Kanonenboot "Meteor" Und Dem Französischen Aviso "Bouvet" Vor Havanna, 9 November 1870'. The Battle of Havana, during the Franco-Prussian War, took place off the coast of Havana (Spanish Cuba). The Bouvet opened fire on the Meteor, but the battle was inconclusive and neither ship was permanently disabled. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]