GARD. 1870. BALLON. ARMY OF THE LOIRE (ORLEANS... - Lot 452 - Vermot et Associés

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GARD. 1870. BALLON. ARMY OF THE LOIRE (ORLEANS... - Lot 452 - Vermot et Associés
GARD. 1870. BALLON. ARMY OF THE LOIRE (ORLEANS HEADQUARTERS) DEFENSE OF PARIS - OFFICIAL DEPATCH of the Minister of the Interior Léon GAMBETTA to the Prefects about the fighting in ORLEANS and the mail received from PARIS, by the FRANKLIN BALLON, reporting a victory of General TROCHU under Paris - TOURS, December 6, 1870 - "...at noon, General AURELLES DE PALADINES wrote to ORLÉANS: I am changing my dispositions, I am directing the 16th and 17th corps to Orléans; I am calling the 18th and 20th corps; I am organizing the resistance, I am in Orléans. ...The Minister of War wanted to go to Orléans himself...I had hoped until the last moment to be able to dispense with the evacuation of Orléans; all my efforts were insufficient. Tonight the city will be evacuated, signed FREYSSINET...The enemy proposed our evacuation in Orleans, at half past eleven in the evening, under penalty of bombardment of the city...I accepted in the name of the general in chief. The batteries of the Navy have been locked up, the powder and the equipment destroyed...there is no news of General AURELLES..." for certified copy L. LAGET - NÎMES, Impr. Typ. CLAVEL-BALLIVET. Poster (65 x 49) State A
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