Editing Dreyfus affair (section)

===Esterhazy's flight to England and confession===
To avoid personal risk Esterhazy shaved off his prominent moustache and went into exile in England.<ref name=thomas>''Dictionary of the Dreyfus Affair'', Thomas, entry "Esterházy in England". {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

[[Rachel Beer]], editor of ''[[The Observer]]'' and the ''[[Sunday Times]]'', interviewed him twice. He confessed to writing the bordereau under orders from Sandherr in an attempt to frame Dreyfus. She wrote about her interviews in September 1898,<ref>Beer, Rachel. "Light Upon the Dreyfus Case. Major Esterhazy in London." (18 September), "The Esterhazy Revelations." (25 September). ''The Observer'', 1898.</ref> reporting his confession and writing a [[Editorial|leader column]] accusing the French military of antisemitism and calling for a retrial for Dreyfus.<ref name=observer>{{Cite news |title=Rachel Beer, editor of the Observer 1891–1901 |last=Narewska |first=Elli |work=The Guardian |date=2 March 2018 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/gnmeducationcentre/2018/mar/02/rachel-beer-editor-of-the-observer-archive }}</ref> Esterhazy lived comfortably in England until his death in 1923.<ref name=thomas/>