(GIRONDE) - Lot 540

(GIRONDE) "MESSAGE of the Marshal of MAC-MAHON, Duke of Magenta, President of the Republic" of VERSAILLES, July 29 (1874) - "Gentlemen, the National Assembly has decided that it will suspend its work for a few months.... When you meet again, a large and eagerly awaited event will be consumed. THE FOREIGN OCCUPATION WILL HAVE ENDED. Our Eastern Departments, which have so nobly paid their debt to the country, since they were the first victims of the War and the last tokens of Peace, will finally be relieved of a heroically endured ordeal, and we will no longer see on French territory any army other than the French Army..." (He no longer speaks of Alsace and Lorraine) - For copy: the Prefect of Gironde E. De GUERLE - Printed in BORDEAUX, at Ragot rue de la Bourse. Poster (65 x 50) Status B.