Word: alsatian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...officers on a special lecturing mission to this country and Canada, will speak before members of the University, under the auspices of the Cercle Francais, in Emerson D this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Captain Duthoit will talk on "France and her Reasons for Hope," and Lieutenant Flory on "Alsatian Spirit." The speeches will be in French and will include anecdotes of the officers' personal experiences during three year's active service at the front...
Born at Paris in 1884 of Alsatian parents who had removed to French Territory after the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Captain Amann was educated at the University of Paris, first in the Lycee Montaign and later in the Lycee Louis le Grand. Leaving the University at the age of 16, he entered the leather business and became connected with the Paris branch of an American leather concern. He began his two years military service in 1905, in which he rose to the rank of sergeant. In 1910, he passed examinations for a commission and was made a reserve...