ALSACE IN RUST AND GOLD [Illustration] BOOKS BY EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY ALSACE IN RUST AND GOLD MY LORRAINE JOURNAL DIPLOMATIC DAYS HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK [ESTABLISHED 1817] [Illustration: THE RIVER DOLLER AT MASEVAUX] ALSACE IN RUST AND GOLD _by_ EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY [MRS. NELSON O’SHAUGHNESSY] AUTHOR OF _“A Diplomat’s Wife in Mexico” “My Lorraine Journal” Etc._ ILLUSTRATED [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON ALSACE IN RUST AND GOLD Copyright 1920, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published March, 1920 B U CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PREFACE ix I. THE JOURNEY THERE 1 II. ALL SAINTS’ DAY, NOVEMBER, 1918 13 III. FÊTE DES MORTS, NOVEMBER, 1918 23 IV. THANN AND OLD THANN 34 V. THE BALLON D’ALSACE 43 VI. LA POPOTE 55 VII. THE HOUSES OF THE CHANOINESSES 65 VIII. LUNCHEON AT BITSCHWILLER. THE MISSION IN RESIDENCE AT ST.-AMARIN. SAINT-ODILE 81 IX. THE “FIELD OF LIES” AND LAIMBACH 100 X. THE VALLEY OF THE THUR 110 XI. THE RE-GALLICIZING OF ALSACE 120 XII. THE HARTMANNSWILLERKOPF 131 XIII. “LES CRÊTES.” “DÉJEUNER” AT CAMP WAGRAM. THE FREUNDSTEIN AND ITS PHANTOMS 140 XIV. RETURN TO MASEVAUX 156 XV. THE VIGIL OF THE ARMISTICE 159 XVI. DIES GLORIÆ 175 ILLUSTRATIONS THE RIVER DOLLER AT MASEVAUX _Frontispiece_ THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1918, IN ALSACE _Facing page_ 14 PLACE DU MARCHÉ, MASEVAUX, JULY 14, 1918 ” 14 THANN AND ITS VINEYARDS ” 34 COMMANDANT POULET ” 56