Front:
Photo. Topical
GENERAL.
PAU
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BADE MA
The European War, 1914
Notabilities.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' " Photogravure" Postcard. No. 4317. Series V.
ART PUB 18HERS TO THEIR MAJEST.ES THE KING & QUEEN.
CARTE POSTALE.
By Appointment.
General Pau, the noted French
Commander, now 70 years of age.
who lost an arm in the Franco-Prussian War in
1870 fighting under Bazaine at Rézonville,
recovered from amputation before the surrender
of Metz; escaped to Tours, and was drafted into
Bourbaki's army.
He refused the post of
Commander-in-Chief when the great War of 1914
began, and put forward the claims of his friend,
Joffre, but has since rendered conspicuous service
at the front.
