Helping France; the Red cross in the devastated area . A Street in The Chdteau, Ham. Apres le Recul Allemand, Mars 1917. Noyon, Guiscard, Ham: ArmandGueritte. Vernant <& Dolle, Imprimeurs, Paris. Cooperation in Practice 87 and the other the Comtesse dEvry of Namp-cel. The story of the latter epitomizes thesort of help that the Red Cross has given inthe Oise. The Comtesse dEvry had, before the war,a chateau on a cliff overlooking the hamletof Nampcel which clustered about its littlechurch in a narrow gorge. Four farms inthe commune belonged to her. She had be-sides, two other esta

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Helping France; the Red cross in the devastated area . A Street in The Chdteau, Ham. Apres le Recul Allemand, Mars 1917. Noyon, Guiscard, Ham: ArmandGueritte. Vernant <& Dolle, Imprimeurs, Paris. Cooperation in Practice 87 and the other the Comtesse dEvry of Namp-cel. The story of the latter epitomizes thesort of help that the Red Cross has given inthe Oise. The Comtesse dEvry had, before the war,a chateau on a cliff overlooking the hamletof Nampcel which clustered about its littlechurch in a narrow gorge. Four farms inthe commune belonged to her. She had be-sides, two other estates, one further south inthe Oise, and another in Normandy. Thecounts of Evry have long been established atNampcel. Besides the rich farmlands, therehad been extensive quarries there. The houses,like most in this region, were solidly built ofstone. The first flying wedge of the Germansoverwhelmed and destroyed the hamlet. Theinhabitants fled, the Comtesse herself amongthem, with her little boy. The caretakers ofthe chateau, however, refused to leave. Buttheir devotion

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