Jacques Fortier, L'Alsace dans la Grande Guerre – La chute de l'Empire – La journée des deux Républiques, Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, 16 November 2008. read online. Translation of the end :: "[...] the 10th in Strasbourg, one of the insurrectionists [...] proclaims the Republic of Alsace-Lorraine [...]. The same day, the socialist Jacques Peirotes, elected mayor of Strasbourg, also proclaim the Republic in front of the statue of the general Kléber. The 11th, the low room of the Landtag sets up as National Council and invest Eugène Ricklin as chief of government, replaced as soon as the day after by Peirotes. The 13th, the red flag flutters over the cathedral. Epic debates oppose the councils of soldiers and workers to the elected officials in a confused atmosphere. Solicited by the anxious notables, the French troops then decide to advance their arrival ..."
