| Wholesale Wine merchant: | Eugène JACQUET. |
| Second-Lieutenant: | Ernest DECONINCK. |
| Shop-keeper: | Georges MAERTENS. |
| Workman: | Sylvère VERHULST. |
(1) For hiding the British aviator who landed at Wattignies on March 11 last, supplying him with food and lodging, and helping him to reach France and get back to the enemy lines.
(2) For assisting members of the enemy forces, helping them to remain in Lille and neighbourhood in civil dress and procuring their evasion to France.
In conformity with the Proclamation of the Governor, dated April 7, 1915, these two cases are considered as espionage, and are brought to the notice of the public as a warning.
Lille, September 22, 1915.
The Governor.
The Case of the Four
When, on October 12th, 1914, the small garrison which was holding Lille, surrendered, several hundred French soldiers escaped capture and hid themselves in the town. Until evasion should be possible, it was necessary to feed and shelter them, and this M. Jacquet, a wholesale wine merchant, undertook to do. A good organizer, his coolness and courage fitted him well for the task. He was assisted by his daughter Geneviève (who, later, narrowly escaped being shot), his friends Deconinck and Georges Maertens and a Belgian, Sylvère Verhulst.
The Citadel, Lille, September 22, 1915.