34 
LAND & WATER 
August 2, 1917 
PROCLAMATION 
du Commandant militaire Allemand 
DE LILLE 
L'lidiliiile (le TAnt'lclerre rend de plus en pluK ilil1irili*'tt; niwhiilli'lncnl ili- lit po|intiiliuii 
Piiiit iillenuer In lilis^re, I'aulurile allemande 11 ilelluiitli' iicomiiuiil .lis volonliiiKs |ii>iii iillfi- Iravailler t la lanlpugne. Olle olTrf ll'a pas eu 
If Mii-r^s ■lli>adii. 
Kn riiasiMpienof. les habitants seronl tHaciii'S par ordii* el Irnnspnrtr's a la fiiiiipatine l,i*s tivartii-a Reronl eiivuyes a I'inl^rieur du lt;rriloire 
oci'll|H^ de la France, loin ilrrriire ,Ie Tronl. uii ils st-rnni ocnipes dan^s raiiriciilliiif Pt nidlf iiient ii dcs truvaiii mililaires. 
Par felle rttesiire. I'wcasion leiir sera dunut^ de inirux poiirvuir A letir sidisislant-c 
En rus fie niVessit^, le ravilaillemeni pourra se Taire par les depots altrinands- 
('linque i^vaeud puurra emp'orter avev lui 'M kiUi^-flinines de ba^ages [ustensiltis de menace, vtMements, ele...] (|u*on fera Lien d£ prt^parer Jes 
maintenanl. 
J'finlunne done : Personne ne pourrn, jtistpiVi ncnivcl or<ln'. rltaniier de il ictle. Personiio non pitu »'al)senter de son domicile I^gal dt^clar^* 
de 9 lieures du soir i^ i* lieiu-es du matin (lieure allemniide) pour lani fju'il ne soil pas en possession d'lin permis en ri'gle 
ConuMf il a'agil tl'une mesure irrevocalile. il est de I'lnlf r^l de la population nieine de rester calme el oWissante. 
Lille, avrii laia 
LE COMMAiSDANT 
Translation : 
PROCLAMATION OF THE GERMAN MILITARY COMMANDANT OF LILLE. 
The attitude of England makes the provisioning of the population more and more difficult. In order to relieve the dis- 
tress the German Government recently asked for volunteers to go to work in the country. This offer has not had the success 
anticipated. Consequently, the inhabitants will be evacuated by order and removed to the country. The evacuated persons 
will be sent to the interior of the occupied French territory, far behind the front, where they will be employed in agriculture 
and in no way on military works. This measure will give them the opportunity of making better provision for their 
subsistence. In case of necessity it will be possible to obtain provisions from German depots. Each evacuated person 
will be allowed to take -^o kilogrammes of luggage [household tdtensils, clothes, etc.), which it would be well to prepare at 
once. 
I, therefore, make order as follows : Pending further orders, no person shall change his residence. Further, no 
person may be absent from his declared legal residence between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. [German time), unless he is 
in possession of a permit. Since this measure is irrevocable, it is in the interest of the population itself to remain calm 
and obedient. 
Lille, April, 1916. The Commandant. 
AVIS 
(Texle francais) 
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niipilo).iltlemenl piini. 
ETAPPEN.KOMMANDA.VTUR. 
Lille. Avril 1^16. 
Translation : 
NOTICE. 
(trom the Feench Text.) 
All the inhabitants of the house, with the exception of 
children under fourteen and their mothers, and of the 
aged, must prepare to be deported within an hour and a 
half. An officer will decide definitely what persons are 
to be taken to the concentration camps. For this purpose 
all the occupants of the house must assemble in front of 
the house ; in the event of bad weather they may remain 
in the passage. The door of the house must remain open. 
All protest will be useless. No occupant of the house 
(even those who are not to be deported) may leave the house 
before 8 a.m. {German time). 
Each person will be entitled to 66 pounds of kig- 
gage ; if the weight is in excess of this the whole luggage 
of the person concerned will be refused without considera- 
tion. The packages must be packed separately for each 
person and provided with a label legibly written and firmly 
affixed. The label must bear the name. Christian name 
and the number of the identity card. It is absolutely 
necessary that each person should, in his own interest, 
provide himself with eating and drinking utensils, a 
woollen blanket, good shoes and linen. Every person 
must bring his identity card. Any person endeavouring 
to avoid deportation will be punished without mercy. 
Etappen-Kommandantur. 
Lille, April, 1916. 
