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Can someone explain what the leading sentence means? Why is it written like this?

> ... lasted from 1873 to 1877, continuing until 1879 ...

Isn't that just "lasted from 1873 to 1879".

Or is it written that way intentionally?

> that lasted from 1873 to 1877, continuing until 1879 in the French Third Republic and in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Reading the entire sentence makes it clearer.

I read it as 1873 to 1877 for North America and most of Europe, but contining until 1879 in France and the UK.