+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | [Illustration] | | | | =GOD SAVE THE KING.= | | | | =PROCLAMATION.= | | | | TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. | | | | In regard to the Decree of September 3rd of the present | | year, declaring a state of siege in the Counties of Norfolk | | and Suffolk. | | | | In regard to the Decree of August 10th, 1906, regulating | | the public administration of all theatres of war and military | | servitude; | | | | Upon the proposition of the Commander-in-Chief | | | | IT IS DECREED AS FOLLOWS: | | | | (1) There are in a state of war: | | | | 1st. In the Eastern Command, the counties of Northamptonshire,| | Rutlandshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, | | Suffolk, Essex, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, | | and Middlesex (except that portion included in the | | London Military District). | | | | 2nd. In the Northern Command, the counties of Northumberland, | | Durham, Cumberland, and Yorkshire, with | | the southern shore of the estuary of the Humber. | | | | (2) I, Charles Leonard Spencer Cotterell, his Majesty’s | | Principal Secretary of State for War, am charged with the | | execution of this Decree. | | | | WAR OFFICE, WHITEHALL, | | _September the Fourth, 1910_. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+