L'Echo français - journal politique quotidien. Deuxième année, lundi 17 avril 1871.

First edition.
A small shadow at top, otherwise in very good condition.
In addition to existing titles, over 70 newspapers were created during the 70 days of the Commune. However, press freedom was restricted from April 18th, and on May 18th the Committee of Public Safety banned newspapers favorable to the Thiers government as it withdrew to Versailles. The most influential newspapers at that time were 'Le Cri du Peuple' by Jules Vallès, 'Le Mot d'ordre' by Henri Rochefort, 'L'Affranchi' by Paschal Grousset, 'Le Père Duchesne' by Versmersch, 'La Sociale' with Madame André Léo, 'Le vengeur' by Félix Pyat, 'La Commune'. It was particularly in May that the struggle against the pro-Versailles press intensified: thus, between May 5th and 18th, 21 newspapers were suppressed. It is quite evident that the pro-Communard Parisian press could not be distributed in the provinces due to the vigilance of the Thiers government.
L'Echo français, a "daily political" newspaper, is an example of a Versaillais journal. It sometimes published articles from other newspapers of its political persuasion and reproduced those from pro-Communard dailies in order to discredit them.