Chapter I: Front Matter

MY LORRAINE JOURNAL

BOOKS BY EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY

A DIPLOMAT’S WIFE IN MEXICO. Illustrated.
DIPLOMATIC DAYS. Illustrated.

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
[ESTABLISHED 1817]

MY LORRAINE
JOURNAL

_by_
EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY
[MRS. NELSON O’SHAUGHNESSY]
AUTHOR OF
_“A Diplomat’s Wife in Mexico”
and “Diplomatic Days”_

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

MY LORRAINE JOURNAL

Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published September, 1918

_To
Mrs. William H. Crocker_

_In memory of a lost battle
and in appreciation of
her work in Lorraine_

ILLUSTRATIONS

DUCAL PALACE, NANCY _Frontispiece_

VERDUN AND VICINITY _Facing p._ 4

PLACE STANISLAS, NANCY ” 12

AUTHOR AT VITRIMONT ” 30

CEMETERY, VITRIMONT ” 30

THE BRIDGE AT LUNÉVILLE ” 30

FOUNTAIN OF AMPHITRITE BY JEAN LAMOUR, PLACE STANISLAS,
NANCY ” 38

SOUVENIR MENU OF LUNCHEON AT VERDUN, JUNE 17, 1917 ” 46

OUR PARTY ON THE BATTLE-FIELD AT VERDUN, JUNE 17, 1917 ” 50

IN THE BOYAUX, VERDUN, JUNE 17, 1917 ” 50

SISTER JULIE ” 124

BAS-RELIEF OF THE REFUGEES ” 124

MISS POLK’S WEDDING ” 162

CONTENTS

PAGE

FOREWORD xi

PART I

CHAP.

I. HOW ONE MAY HAPPEN TO GO TO THE FRONT 3

II. NANCY 12

III. LUNÉVILLE 18

IV. VITRIMONT 22

V. LUNÉVILLE AGAIN 28

VI. GERBÉVILLER AND LA SŒUR JULIE 33

VII. BAR-LE-DUC 37

VIII. VERDUN 42

IX. CHÂLONS.—CHÂTEAU DE JEAN D’HEURS.—REVIGNY, THE “LINING” OF
THE FRONT 60

X. MONT FRENET.—LA CHAMPAGNE POUILLEUSE.—THE RETURN 64

PART II

I. BY THE MARNE 77

II. THE CANTEEN AT BAR-LE-DUC 87

III. THEATRICALS AND CAMOUFLAGE 97

IV. THE BURIAL OF PÈRE CAFARD 108

V. A PROVIDENTIAL FORD 112

PART III

LORRAINE IN AUTUMN

“_L’élégante et mélancolique Lorraine_”

I. NANCY AND MOLITOR 121

II. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EMANATIONS 131

III. TOUL 144

IV. A STROLL IN NANCY 153

V. VITRIMONT IN AUTUMN 161

VI. AT THE GUÉRINS’ 167

VII. ACROSS LORRAINE 174

VIII. THE CHÂLONS CANTEEN 182