After Twenty-four Years.
The, vengeance of the German- War.Offlce appaxeutly knows no bounds. It seems thai at the time of iihe .Franco-German. Wat;a' Uhlan belonging tofcfce 4th Uhlan Begi« ment deserted. He faan juit been tried by oourt .martial^ at' Thorn for desartdnsjjlhe oolours, and sentenced 'to five years' itaoaroeration in a fortress. He has been sent to, Spandau to undergo the sentence. This Uhlan deserter, made off at the time of .the siege of Paris, fled to China, and entered the Chinese) army, in which he served for' 14 yaars. Ten years after that he returned to Germany and obtained a situation as overseer in a manufactory at Alsace, whioh he retained up to the time he was arrested as a deserter.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8564, 5 June 1895, Page 4
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123After Twenty-four Years. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8564, 5 June 1895, Page 4
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