Edwards, George Wharton, 1859- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company · leaf 338
formally united to France after the peace of West-phalia, when Austria relinquished the three great bish-oprics of Verdun, Toul, and Metz. Verdun fell to thePrussians after a fierce bombardment lasting only fivehours, and a story is told of how a bevy of fair younggirls appeared in the public… … VERDUN of 1914, Verdun was famous. These bon-bons wereknown locally as Dragees. After the battle of Valmy, the revolutionists recap-tured the town and, it is said, sought out these sameyoung maidens and put them to death. The town, which was rather attractive and picturesque,stood in a sort of…
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