A MEMORY OF THE FRANCOGERMAN WAR.
The death is announced of Mile. J t ii.pliine Cbcvolicr-Marchal, who had jier hour of notoriety at tlio end of +j lO war of 1870-1871. It vraa in Jiarcb; and the newly-crowned German Emperor, being at Nancy, paid n formal visit to tiie Churcli of Bontkreours to sco the tombs of .Stanislas and Mario Lcczinska. The citizens closed their windows and drew their blinds to express their contempt for _jra; but one window was thrown wide t>p«_i_ as he passed Mile. (Jhcvnlierjlarchal appeared at it. She leant out; plnf-fd her thumb to her noso, • and extendi! lier iui'-ers in a derisory gesture. .Soldiers wero sent into the House to arrest her. .She was impriwiKd for several days, and then *£ned £40. The fine did not matter, however, for she was rich : and Nancy continued to bo proud of her feat until her dying day.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14029, 28 April 1911, Page 7
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