A FRENCH VETERAN
INSISTS ON GOING TO THE FRONT.
(TIMES A.SD SYDNEY SUN SERVICES.) (Received December 2, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Ist December. A French Army Order states that Corporal Burrugne, aged 76 years, who served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, has been re-engaged for the duration of the war. He insisted on going to the front as a sapper, and has not felt the strain of the work.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 133, 2 December 1915, Page 7
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69A FRENCH VETERAN Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 133, 2 December 1915, Page 7
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