SOMME 1870 (THE ARMISTICE CONDITIONS OF BISMARCK TO JULES FA - Lot 482

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SOMME 1870 (THE ARMISTICE CONDITIONS OF BISMARCK TO JULES FA - Lot 482
SOMME 1870 (THE ARMISTICE CONDITIONS OF BISMARCK TO JULES FAVRE) - Address of the GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, to MM. The Prefects and Governor General of Algeria - Government of TOURS, September 23, 1870 - "TO FRANCE! Before the investment of PARIS, M. Jules FAVRE, Minister of Foreign Affairs, wished to see M. de BISMARCK to know the disposition of the Enemy. Here is the declaration of the enemy: Prussia wants to continue the War and reduce France to the state of a second-rate power. Prussia wants Alsace and Lorraine up to METZ by right of conquest. Prussia, to agree to an armistice, dared to ask for the surrender of STRASBOURG, TOUL and MONT-VALERIEN. PARIS exasperated would rather bury itself under its ruins. To such insolent pretensions, in fact, one responds only by fighting to the death. France accepts this struggle and counts on all her children...- "- For true copy V. RAULT Provisional Administrator of the SOMME - AMIENS, Typ. ALFRED CARON fils - Poster (68 x 54) Condition A
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