The gunners of the _Provence's_ stern gun, having loaded it when the torpedo struck, remained at their posts, trying to discover the hidden foe in order to repay him in his own coin. Surgeon Navarre of the Third Colonial Regiment, being taken aboard a trawler nearly exhausted by his eighteen hours on a raft, refused to change his drenched clothing or to take any food until he had dressed the hurts of the wounded and looked after the sick. He was prostrated a long while after such superhuman labours. And I must mention this other incident, which brings tears to my eyes: Gauthier, Assistant Quartermaster of the _Provence_, having been taken on board a greatly overloaded raft, was hailed by a soldier asking for help; he jumped into the water to give him his place, saying: "A sailor's duty is to save the soldiers first of all." He was picked up, twenty-one hours after the wreck, clinging to a plank. I call attention also to the devotion and zeal--meriting our profound gratitude--of Lieutenant Sinclair Thompson, commanding the English patrol _Marguerite_, and of his officers and crew, by whose labours about 300 survivors were taken from the place of the wreck to Malta. Pray pardon the form of this story, Monsieur le Président. I have written it hurriedly, with a bruised hand, and with a head still in a sad muddle. I wished, before my impending departure for Saloniki, to say to you with all my heart: "That is what these noble fellows did!" BOKANOWSKI. * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics were corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation was made consisent. Times normalized to A.M. and P.M. P. 27: in lieu of this can be subtituted -> in lieu of this can be substituted. P. 28: woman's hubsand -> woman's husband. P. 51: in cosmos -> in the cosmos. P. 79: Never was General -> Never was a General. P. 81: municipal dgnitary -> municipal dignitary. P. 103: mobilization of 1909 -> mobilization of 1914. P. 114: THE ROMANCE OF THE EURASION -> THE ROMANCE OF THE EURASIAN. P. 119: held out so vigourously -> held out so vigorously. P. 120: klled fifty-two Boches -> killed fifty-two Boches. P. 129: German Embassy in Berlin -> American Embassy in Berlin. P. 151: BATTLE OF CHARLEROI -> THE BATTLE OF CHARLEROI. P. 153: Sonzèe -> Somzée. P. 196: left in the forcastle -> left in the forecastle. P. 198: steered for the nothern coast -> steered for the northern coast. P. 215: followed at a disstance -> followed at a distance. P. 226: made by the priscope -> made by the periscope. P. 255: pour my temptuous heart -> pour my tempestuous heart. P. 263: U-boat lieutenand -> U-boat lieutenant. P. 265: Jusé -> José. P. 277: regarded themslves as beaten -> regarded themselves as beaten. P. 278: Chalffour Quarry -> Chauffour Quarry. P. 307: distince he covered -> distance he covered. P. 314: ran in my head continualy -> ran in my head continually.