MONSIEUR SEGOTIN'S STORY. (First Edn.)

by Caine, William

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London:: Chatto & Windus,, 1917. In wrappers; Hamilton College (NY) rubberstamp & shelf number in ink at head of front cover; otherwise good.. Those who know WW-I History find `Mr Segotin's Story' a painfully factual record of the German invasion & occupation suffered by Flanders & other regions in Belgium--towns leveled & burnt as a warning; mass deportations to forced labor sites; expropriating money, food, & most industrial equipment; hostages shot as reprisals... ||| After Germany used poison gas at Ypres, Canadian Army Dr. John McRae wrote his haunting poem, `In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row...' ||| 90 years later, it tolls the same bell for each new generation that will listen. McRae (1872-1918) was wounded & died 28 January 1918.