The Virgin of Brebieres

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 August 1916, Page 2

The Virgin of Brebieres

9 (i IiOM LONDON TIMES' .SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) British Headquarters, May 9. High overhead, above the ruined audi disolate streets of Albert, the great g lded figure of the Virgin, with the infant Christ, still bangs from the ti.wer of the Church of Notre Dame do B ebieres. For over a year She ha# n iw hung thus, at an angle of »ome 1,• degrees below the horizontal, face duwnwiards to the street beiow, holdir ; the infant above her head. In local French belief, the day wheu tin; holy figure falls will see the end of tl:o war. The German shell which tl. rows down the Blessed Virgin of B ebieres wiil shatter the throne of t! j Hohenzollerne. During the la«t week or two the ii : mediate region of Albert has been of the most 'active ou the whole fl int. From the neighbourhood of Frlcourt, by La Boiselle, to Authville, a;. 1 beyond, there have been almost n; ;htly raids and blowing up of mine*.