A Picture of Verdun, or the English Detained in France, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from A Picture of Verdun, or the English Detained in France, Vol. 1 of 2: Their Arrestation, Detention at Fontainbleau and Valenciennes, Confinement at Verdun, Incarceration at Bitsche, Amusements, Sufferings, Indulgences Granted to Some, Acts of Extortion and Cruelty Practised on Others, Characters of General and Madame WirionIN order to distinguish him ful prisoner of war, the traveller detained in France is throughout this work constantly stiled a Detenu. The word indeed has not as yet been naturalised, but the French, when they by their persecutions and other enormities obliged the most respectable part of their nation to emigrate introduced the word Emigré into all foreign languages, and it is honorable to us, that we have no word of English growth to express a guest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.