A RUSSIAN "MARY AMBREE."
Among the prisoners of war who have arrived at Ninoshima is a woman. How the fact was discovered is not related, but she arrived among her comrades in the ordinary way. Her name is given as Ekaterina Bagdonoa, and she is stated to have "first joined the expedition which dealt, wiEh the Boxers. She declares that she adopted male • attire with ,the object of being included among the Russian prisoners and co coming to Japan, her object being to nurse the wounded . who are , prisoners. —'"Chronicle," Kobe, Japan.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8333, 3 June 1905, Page 4
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92A RUSSIAN "MARY AMBREE." Star (Christchurch), Issue 8333, 3 June 1905, Page 4
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