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THE
YEARS OF DEPORTATION
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1895
July 1
Picquart appointed head of Army Counter Intelligence.
1895
July 1
Picquart appointed head of Army Counter Intelligence.
1896 February 14
Theodor Herzl publishes in Vienna Judenstaat, advocating
the establishment of a Jewish national homeland.
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August
Picquart identifies Esterhazy as author of 'bordereau'.
September 1
Picquart advises Boisdeffre of Esterhazy's guilt. He is rejected.
September 3
Dreyfus on Devil's Island is placed in double shackles.
September 15
Picquart meets Gonse and recommends arrest of Esterhazy. He is rejected.
November 10
Le Marin publishes facsimile of 'bordereau'.
November 16
Picquart ordered away from Paris.
1897 February
Supported by the Duc d'Orléans, Jules Guérin organises the
Ligue Antisémitique Française.
November 15
Mathieu advertises 'bordereau' publicly.
November 25
Zola publishes his first article in support of Dreyfus.
December 13
Zola publishes Letter to Youth calling on young intellectuals to
support Dreyfus.
December
15
Mathieu Dreyfus denounces Esterhazy as the author of the 'bordereau' in
open letter to the Ministry of War.
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1898
January 7
Zola publishes Letter to France.
January 1O-11
Esterhazy is given a sham trial before a court-martial and acquitted
.January 13
Emile Zola publishes J'accuse in L'Aurore.
January 17
Antisemitic riots throughout France; Jules Guérin's People's
Army active; Jewish homes and Synagogues besieged; shops broken;
incidents in Nantes,
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Bordeaux,
Montpellier, Tours, Toulouse; Dreyfus effigies burnt; demonstrations in
Marseille, Nancy and all of Lorraine; religious services held to continue
the "sacred battle" against the Jews; in Algeria Synagogues ransacked; Jews
stoned.January
24
Von Bülow declares in Reichstag that Germany never had contact with
Dreyfus.
February 7-23
Zola tried for libel and declared guilty. Fined 30 000 francs and sentenced
to one year in prison; later flees to England.
February 26
Picquart dismissed from the Army.
February 28
Lucie Dreyfus requests permission to go to Devil's Island but is refused.
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March 4
Picquart - Henry duel.
Henry slightly wounded.
July 7
Minister of War Cavaignac unknowingly reads one of
Henry's forgeries to the Chamber of Deputies, as a proof of Dreyfus'
guilt.
July
9
Picquart challenges Cavaignac's proof.
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July 13
Picquart arrested.
August 30
Henry confesses to forging documents and is imprisoned.
August 31
Henry found dead in his prison cell.
September 1
Esterhazy flees to England.
September 3
Cavaignac resigns; Lucie Dreyfus petitions for a retrial.
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