A French soldier, Elie Eonsseau, lias twice deserted from file army since the beginning of tlio war in order to get nearer to the frpnt. He absconded from a Territorial regiment, enlisted in the Foreign Lemon, and was_ promoted sergeant for gallantry in action, and when his regiment was sent behind the lines to rest, lie deserted again. The courtmartial before which he appeared has acquitted him, and sent liim back to iho firing lino a happy man. [ For Children's Hack-inn Cough at Nigbfi Woods' Great Peppermint Curs. In. 6a.*
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2693, 12 February 1916, Page 14
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90Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2693, 12 February 1916, Page 14
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