Friends of France; . /. 7110 13 B 55 O Q THE INSPECTORS LETTER BOX ville is when, after a successful attack by the French,the German prisoners are marched through the vil-lage. These, of course, without weapons and withhands hanging empty, walk with a dogged step be-tween guards with fixed bayonets, and as they pass,all crowd near to see them. Almost invariably theprisoners are bareheaded, having lost their caps —these being greatly valued souvenirs — on their waydown from the trenches. They are housed tempo-rarily, for interrogation, in a schoolhouse in the mainstreet, and when they are lined
Friends of France; . /. 7110 13 B 55 O Q THE INSPECTORS LETTER BOX ville is when, after a successful attack by the French,the German prisoners are marched through the vil-lage. These, of course, without weapons and withhands hanging empty, walk with a dogged step be-tween guards with fixed bayonets, and as they pass,all crowd near to see them. Almost invariably theprisoners are bareheaded, having lost their caps —these being greatly valued souvenirs — on their waydown from the trenches. They are housed tempo-rarily, for interrogation, in a schoolhouse in the mainstreet, and when they are lined up in the school-yardthere is a large crowd of French soldiers looking atthem through the railings. Afterwards, they may beseen in villages behind the lines, fixing the roads, ordoing similar work, in any old hats or caps charitymay have bestowed upon them. J. H. (jr. July 22 at Pont-a-Mousson On Thursday, the 23d, we had a quiet day. In theevening several of us stepped across to the housewhere Smith and Ogilvie li
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