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Wilson's Plea Saved Companion of Nurse Cavell From Execution
Paris reports Edith Cavell and Mile. Thuliez were sentenced to death by a German tribunal. President Wilson intervened, sparing both lives by shifting sentences to imprisonment. Thuliez recalls the rescue as revealed by Jules Jusserand in his memoirs, correcting the belief that King Alfonso saved her.
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Paris
Edith Cavell
Mille
Louise Thuliez
Mile
Thuliez
Spain
Tinker
Jules Dusserand
United States
Lving
Lille
Valencianes
Mons
Brussels
Miss Cavell
Chateau de Bellignies
Jeannie de Belleville
Miss Cavells
St. Giles
Comtesse
Cologne
Wilson Dusserand
Jeanne de Bettignies
Jussérand
Jusserand
Lansing
White House
Prece
Gerard
Berlin
Mlle. de Bettingnies
Mme. Jusstrand
Alfonso
Bois de Vincenes
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