ARRIVAL IN TIME.
MAVOirs LIFE SAVED.
BRITISH AT COULOMMIERS.
Received September 17, '2.110 a.m.!
London-, September 16.
The (Germans, during their retreat, occupied Coulommiers, arrested the Mayor and Public Prosecutor, and demanded 100.000 francs (about £41001 The Mayor and Public Prosecutor refused the demand, and the Hermans took them outside the town to be shot, playing Chopin's funeral March, as a last threat. The arrival of the British saved the lives of the Mayor and Public Prosecutor.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15716, 17 September 1914, Page 9
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