No. 64.
[Extract from the Journal Officiel de l’Empire, August 17,
1870.]
official part, ministry of foreign
affairs.
Notification of the blockade of the coast of Prussia
and of the German States in the North Sea.
We, the undersigned, vice-admiral commanding-in-chief the naval
forces of his Majesty the Emperor of the French in the North Sea, in
consideration of the state of war existing between France and
Prussia, together with the states of the North German Confederation,
acting in virtue of the powers belonging to us, declare that from
the 15th of August, 1870, the coast of Prussia and of the North
German Confederation, extending from the island of the Baltram north
of the Eider, with its ports, rivers, harbors, roads, and creeks, is
held in a state of effective blockade by the naval forces placed
under our command, and that a delay of ten days will be granted to
friendly or neutral vessels in order to finish loading and to leave
the blockaded districts.
The geographical limits of this blockade are:
The meridian of 5° (five degrees) of east longitude from Paris, as
far as the parallel of 54° 05' (fifty-four degrees five minutes)
north latitude.
The parallel as far as the longitude of 5° 45' (five degrees
forty-five minutes) from Paris.
Then the meridian of 5° 43' (five degrees forty-five minutes) as far
as the parallel of 54° 20' (fifty-four degrees twenty minutes) of
latitude.
And, finally, this latter parallel as far as the coast.
Steps will be taken against any vessel which may endeavor to violate
the said blockade, in accordance with international law and the
treaties now in force with neutral powers.
On board of the Magnanime, an iron-clad frigate of his Majesty the
Emperor of the French, stationed between the English island of
Heligoland and the Prussian coast.
The vice-admiral commanding-in-chief,
TOURICHON.
August 12,
1870.
