Moisson and Mantes youths clash with gendarmes over the Scarlet Pimpernel
In a dusk ambush near Mezieres, a group of Moisson and Mantes locals attack a guarded diligence. Gaspard, son of a Moisson butcher, wounds Raffet and forces a pistol misfire before the rural gendarmerie regain control. The mob blames Raffet’s actions on Laurel’s alleged plot to seize the English spy.
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Aincourt
Seine Et Oise
Moisson
Mantes
Laurel
Mezieres
Epone
National Guard
Lauret
Paris
Plante
Raffet
Gaspard
Laney
Francois
Rascal Lauret
Republic
Paul
Lauzet
Mercer
Rue Grande
The
Local notes from Saline and Washtenaw County events
Community briefs list visits between Saline, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and nearby towns. Residents attend reunions, church meetings, and social visits. a stray note about a kidnaping is under police investigation. local veterans report on Camp Grayling. a mortgage sale notice appears for a Saline property.
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Arthur Day
Belle Isle
Henry Morris
B. P. Davenport
Ann Arbor
Amanda Mayer
Clarke_Rouse
Anna Arbor
George Schneider
Joliet
Minois
William Hall
Ernest Skinner
Royal Oak
Thomas Boyd
Britton
Samuel Boyd
Norman Ash
C. A. Jordan
Jackson
Ruth Rose
Myrtle Macdown
Edward Merriman
Mllnois
William Hah
Sydney Cadmus
Tecumseh
Josie Dewey
Adrian
Cora
East Henry Street
Ann Arbor Street
Josenhans
Ernest Brenson
Detroit
Fred Brenson
George Weidmayer
Dorothy Heilman
Macon
Bert Logan
EB. F. Layher
Mary Paul
Dorothy Wissenburg
Chicago
Myr
Conrad Boettner
Genevieve Camburn
Thelma Tince
Us-112
County Road Commission
Camp Grayling
Michigan National Guard
Petoskey
Henderson
Higgins Lake
Vernon Sawyer
Hast Lake
Thomas Shurtz
Keewadin
Ald
Edwin GC. Warner
Luella H .Warner
Saline
Washtenaw County
Ichigan
Citizens Bank of
Jly
Court House
Washtenaw
County of Washtenaw
State of Michigan
Allen H. Risdon
Michigan
Dismounting Troops Rest Under Trees After Torrential Rain
Chapter VI depicts Captain Raffet ordering dismounting and troopers resting by the roadside with sabers ready and pistols primed while the captain tends to a lame mare. The rain subsides as the wind calms.
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Raffet
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Elmer Burkhardt
Fordson
Ricka Haags
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Patsy Rym
Elisabeth Larzelere
Clyde Lee
William Martin
John Mast
Edward Feuerbacher
Sela Fitzgerald
William Dell
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William R. Dell
Bliss A. Curtiss
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32Nd Signal Co
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Portage Lake
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