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Show Miscellany Bordeaux Trench Capital Sec ond Time By GEOEOES DUFEESNE The removal of the French capital from Paris to Bordeaux affords only another of the striking- Instances In which the war of 1914 Is repeating the history of the Franco Prussian war of 38 0 In 1871 after the defeat of MacMahon the capture of apo eon III and the es tablishment of the Third republic, the capital of France was removed to Bor deauT. w Ich re nained the French capital n 1 the oncl e on of peace. When the former siege of Paris by the Prussians was seen to be inev table shortly after the proclamation of the Third republic in September 1870 the pro alonal government caused the capl ta to be remo ed to Tours It remained here until tl at cltv was In danger of in eatment bv the Germans, when the go em ment and the archi es we e taken to Bordeaux That city remained h capital of the pro sipnal government for three months when the national assembl convened there and formed a pe mancn government Preliminary terms of pea e were formulated In Bordeaux and t e French go ernment did not return to Paris until pea e was n al y and Corma y concluded at Frankfort Bordea s 3o9 miles southwest of Parts on tl e Orleans rallwa It la a city of 40 000 Inhabitants situated on the left bank of the rl er Garonne sixty miles from the sea, n the center of the wine grow ng district of Medoc It Is the fourth seaport in France In commercial I m porta n e But before Bordeaux beca ne he seat of governn ent in 1871 it had been pro nl nent in the affairs of t rb ent Fra e. It was tno ead of t e Clrond st n o e ment In he evolu ion and suffered much n he re gn of te or As in 18 the p esent remo al of he seat of go e mpnt wan anno ced almpl as a natter of precau on and was p om sed to be on v temporary The Pr as ans he d the rh of fr e and were at the e ga e f Pa s Af tJ e lefeat at edan Sep e nbe 1 1870 ft e peop e rose p aga ns Napo e n w o rV8B a p so e nap use an castle A em me t of na ona defence was 0 me to a on the forlor ampa gi aga nst the Pr us a s Its head was 1 eon dan betta Font s g e nnen of nat o a Je T a o n Th rl ep b c on p ru ns of t e d emp n d the first seas n of b at ona aasc v wrs held a Bo ea x f s at on o a h m h he same as fo fo e i ago ex ept t la there 1 o pos b t a e F ench form of e n nent will be o f rnel Th Qer n a roRae 1 p no n f o le esp te a ub o f na e of the a es a d a el w h n a few m ea of P s T e ferrnan t,h w g a an" pushel back he K pne ef and c he a was 1 p no 1 Bo a est Gnanseoo anc r fro n Pa n Thf go p nmen n anno n g t a e mo a sa d h e w a no npr f e Oe ans k g I a wan c n (i a sab eo e a a fgenn 1 a a so hn e h t Pa u:h ag n p fH n p a pg a n a h w pne p a a flkh Ap n 8 n a a ad v n k a n a ea anc T e e n op n of hn go a nme w t go eno g n f e h n a n p o we en a o nn nfgea fiO 0 a h on n e p o a f K n pn k fit, anasnn rl an a a a w n ph j, n h H n a T eh a h v an a e P T bp r p f nn a u an a In n no n e "an i n n p R a |