Following
on from a previous announcement,
The
French Government has taken an important decision,
(Which
is not unexpected), in a prompt transition
Of
the Country’s central administration to Bordeaux.
The
Cabinet members and the President of the Republic,
Have
already left the capital for this city.
To
explain reasons for this, Government gave a manifesto
That
in transferring public power from Paris is being made,
At
the request of the military authorities while the capital
Becomes
pivot for military operations - it states possibility
Of
enemies possible sudden attack on entrenched camps.
Consequently
the military states Paris will be the centre,
Around
which armies will now revolve - the city, therefore,
Will
assume an almost exclusive military character.
'Endure
and fight!' is the motto of the manifesto
In
a footnote is given the order by General Gallieni,
That
all occupants of dwellings within the range of forts
Are
to leave, as these buildings are to be demolished.
by
Jamie Mann
Anon.,1914.
Paris Preparing for a Siege-Government Removed to Bordeaux - President leaves -
Manifesto to the Nation. The Daily Telegraph, [online]
04
Sept. p.7. Col.2. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11068557/Daily-Telegraph-September-4-1914.html
[Accessed: 04 September 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 04
September 2014).
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