+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | [Illustration] | | | | =CITY OF NORWICH.= | | | | | | CITIZENS-- | | | | AS IS WELL KNOWN, a hostile army has landed | | upon the coast of Norfolk, and has already occupied | | Yarmouth and Lowestoft, establishing their headquarters | | at Beccles. | | | | IN THESE GRAVE CIRCUMSTANCES our only | | thought is for England, and our duty as citizens and | | officials is to remain at our post and bear our part in | | the defence of Norwich, our capital now threatened. | | | | YOUR PATRIOTISM, of which you have on so many | | occasions in recent wars given proof, will, I have no | | doubt, again be shown. By your resistance you will | | obtain the honour and respect of your enemies, and by | | the individual energy of each one of you the honour and | | glory of England may be saved. | | | | CITIZENS OF NORWICH, I appeal to you to view | | the catastrophe calmly, and bear your part bravely in the | | coming struggle. | | | | CHARLES CARRINGTON, | | _Mayor_. | | | | NORWICH, _September 4, 1910_. | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ APPEAL ISSUED BY THE MAYOR OF NORWICH. the Castle the German flag was now flying, the Britannia Barracks were being used by the enemy, food had all been seized, the streets were in a state of chaos, and a complete reign of terror had been created when a company of British infantry, having fired at some Uhlans, were ruthlessly shot down in the street close by the Maid’s Head Hotel.