(GOLD COAST) ARMISTICE OF 1871. GOVERNMENT OF... Lot 523

(GOLD COAST) ARMISTICE OF 1871. GOVERNMENT OF BORDEAUX. PROCLAMATION by Léon GAMBETTA in Bordeaux on January 31, 1871 concerning the Armistice signed on January 28, 1871 "Citizens, the foreigner has just inflicted on France the cruellest insult that it would have been given to suffer in this cursed war, disproportionate punishment for the errors and weaknesses of a great people. Paris, impregnable by force, defeated by famine, could not hold out... On January 28th, he succumbed! The city still remains intact as a last homage...The forts alone have been returned to the enemy...Thanks to Paris, we are resolute patriots...But, as if bad luck were to overwhelm us, something more sinister and painful than the fall of Paris awaited us: An armistice has been signed, without our knowledge, without warning us, without consulting us....We have asked Paris for explanations... However, no one comes from Paris, and we must act, we must, whatever the cost, thwart the perfidious combinations of the enemies of France... At arms! Long live the Republic! Long live France! Vive la République une et indivisible!..." - SEMUR, Impr. Lib. VERDOT. Poster (62 x 42) State A.