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NO SURRENDER.

COMMANDER’S HEROIC WIFE. LONDON November 4. A message from Paris . plates tbat oV t termer prisoners returning from Turkey to France .signed a petition to General Gouraud that tlio wife of Colonel Mesii.il, a battalion commander, , should be recognised specially for devotion and bravery at Belcmedik. They attest tbat she saved all from certain death, and won the admiration of the Turks bv her splendid behaviour in the. hospital of which she became matron. "When the Turkish Nationalist general advised her to coax her husband to surrender, with a. view to saving his life, Madame replied: e< My husband i R a French soldier, and knows what to do. He would disown me if f made such a proposal. He knows his duty, and won’t fail to do it. and neither will T."

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16584, 17 November 1921, Page 9

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NO SURRENDER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16584, 17 November 1921, Page 9

NO SURRENDER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16584, 17 November 1921, Page 9

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