A FRENCH CITIZEN-HERO OF LILLE
GRANT FROM THE BRITISH EM- . BASSY. By Telegraph-PreEß Association-Copyright Paris, May 16. The British Embassy lias given .£2OO to Madame Jacquet, a widow of a Lillo citizen, who was shot for sheltering Eng. lish and French soldiers. (Rec. May 17, 8.25 p.m.) London, May IG. Jacq net's story is one of the most striking of the war. Despite the threat of the death penalty, and when German savagery was at its height, lie unflinchingly fed and hid dozens of English and French soldiers till opportunity offered for smuggling them in two's and three's to the British lines. It is felt that tho Government's gift is not sufficient to express the country's gratitude.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2774, 18 May 1916, Page 5
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117A FRENCH CITIZEN-HERO OF LILLE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2774, 18 May 1916, Page 5
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