[4] NOTE.—As far back as the end of the sixteenth century, there is, in the annals of Masevaux, mention of the tanneries of the Braun family. [5] Officers’ mess. [6] And the forgetful trooper Who lets the hour pass And dallies too long, alas! Will be punished by his under-officer. [7] The word “ballon” comes from the patois, _bolong_, _bois long_, which took its name from the great forest, “La Selva Vosagus,” once covering the Alsatian plain and its mountains. [8] Like to the hawk That on auroral clouds Doth rest his velvet wings, Looking for prey, So hovers my song. [9] Hilaire Belloc, _The Road to Rome_. [10] A letter from Laferrière of November 20th, recounting national events, and the breaking up of the little group, says also: “_La cafetière, la fameuse cafetière a une large felure qui fait craindre sa fin prochaine. Ce serait un symbole?_” [11] In spite of the Tower (Turenne was a La Tour d’Auvergne) the Roses will bloom. [12] After the signing of the armistice and the French occupation of the two provinces in their entirety, another reorganization became necessary. To each of the three divisions of Alsace-Lorraine was sent a _Commissaire de la République_—the Commandant (I had almost said my Commandant) Poulet was given charge of Upper Alsace with residence in the ancient and comely town of Colmar. To Lower Alsace with residence at Strasbourg was appointed M. le Conseiller d’Etat Maringer with the title of High Commissioner, and to M. Mirman, the celebrated Mayor of Nancy, was given Lorraine with residence at Metz. [13] Edouard Schuré, _L’Alsace Française, Rêves et Combats_. [14] AMERICAN COMMUNIQUÉS _Tuesday morning._ This morning the First Army resumed the attack. In spite of desperate opposition our troops have forced a crossing of the Meuse at Brieulles and at Cléry-le-Petit. They are now developing a new line in the heavily wooded and very difficult terrain on the heights east of the river between these two points. On the entire front the enemy is opposing our advance with heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, notwithstanding which we are making excellent progress. The west bank of the Meuse, as far north as opposite Pouilly, lies in our hands. In the course of several successful raids in the Voivre, detachments of the Second Army have penetrated the enemy’s trenches, destroying material, dugouts, and emplacements, and capturing prisoners. _Tuesday evening._ The First Army under Lieut.-Gen. Liggett has continued its success. Crossing the river south of Dun-sur-Meuse under a heavy artillery fire which frequently wrecked the new constructed bridges, the troops of Maj.-Gen. Hines’s Corps fought their way up the slopes of the east bank. Breaking the enemy’s strong resistance, they captured Hills 292, 260, Liny-devant-Dun, and drove him from the Bois de Châtillon.