Edwards, George Wharton, 1859- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company · leaf 180
o the 29th of August,the Mayor of Noyon advised the people, that as the situ-ation had become critical because of the approach of theGerman army, all those who could do so should leave thetown to escape the terrors of the invasion. In one of my school books, I remember a picturewhich, when I first… … .& NOYON the terrified and crying children; the old men and womenhurrying away, some empty-handed, others laden with allmanner of objects which at any other time, or underdifferent conditions would have seemed ridiculous, butwhich coupled with their terror, became pathetic. Thispicture now was…
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