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"I OUGHT TO DUMP YOU OUT."

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THE CHILDREN OF FRANCE

A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Self-sacrifice
of Youthful Patriots of France During
the Great War

By

RUTH ROYCE

 

 

PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY

1918

 

 

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	THEIR FIRST HERO	9
II	REMI THE BRAVE	15
III	THE HEROINE OF FORT MONTERE	33
IV	FRANCOIS OUTWITS THE PRUSSIANS	43
V	THE SACRIFICE OF LITTLE PIERRE	57
VI	A LITTLE SOLDIER OF FRANCE	69
VII	SAVED BY A CHILD'S WIT	79
VIII	THE CHILD DESPATCH BEARER	89
IX	GENÉ AND THE BAVARIAN DRAGOONS	103
X	A LITTLE SOLDIER OF MERCY	115
XI	A BRAVE LITTLE COWARD	125
XII	THE HERO OF THE GUNS	143
XIII	MARIE THE COURAGEOUS	163
	CONCLUSION	185

 

 

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

While the Author cannot personally vouch for the stories related inthis volume, she has full confidence in the sources of herinformation—men who have seen and heard on the battlefields ofFrance, and who have related to her these and many other likeincidents illustrating the heroism of the Children of France. Some ofthe stories the relators have learned through personal observation,while others have come to them indirectly. The author, therefore,believes each story set down here to be aut

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