VINDICATED AFTER DEATH.
FRENCH SOLDIER’S HONOR. London, May 1. A dramatic story of a French soldier’s honor, and its vindication after death, is told by the Paris correspondent of the Times. In> the course of the war an infantryman. Desire Maillet, was sentenced to death, in contumaciam. for deserting his post in the trenches on the Marne and going over to the enemy. In 1915 his wife died of shame and grief, and his two children were thrown on the parish for relief. Recently Maillet’s body was discovered among others, and it was found he had died fighting at Auberive, on the Marne. His body was buried on Saturday in his native village, Checy, with the most marked honors and sympathy. The orphans were present, and the Mayor publicly asked pardon for the injustice that had been done to a soldier of France.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1922, Page 7
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143VINDICATED AFTER DEATH. Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1922, Page 7
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