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Page 283
... German officers , and champagne corks were flying in all direc- tions . On the first occasion of my visiting the German commandant at Sedan , I was highly entertained by his sending his or derly to an unoffending but well - to - do ...
... German officers , and champagne corks were flying in all direc- tions . On the first occasion of my visiting the German commandant at Sedan , I was highly entertained by his sending his or derly to an unoffending but well - to - do ...
Page 287
... German princes ! During my stay at Versailles , I went by invitation to lunch with some German offi- cers quartered at Sèvres . After lunch one of them gave me a mount , and ac- companied me on horseback through the woods to the left ...
... German princes ! During my stay at Versailles , I went by invitation to lunch with some German offi- cers quartered at Sèvres . After lunch one of them gave me a mount , and ac- companied me on horseback through the woods to the left ...
Page 288
... German lines in ad- vance of Garches and St. Cloud . - While at Versailles , I seized every op- portunity of conversing with German offi- cers generally on military topics . But I have a vivid recollection of some impres- sive remarks ...
... German lines in ad- vance of Garches and St. Cloud . - While at Versailles , I seized every op- portunity of conversing with German offi- cers generally on military topics . But I have a vivid recollection of some impres- sive remarks ...
Contents
THE OLD MISSIONARY By Sir William | 49 |
A Highland School Forty Years Ago | 59 |
THE MORAVIANS AND THE LEPERS | 63 |
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