Ireland And France (1916) - Tapa dura

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A ugust, 1871, France sent aD eputation to I reland to convey to the I rish people her gratitude and thanks for their sympathy and help in the Franco-P russian war, which had ended some months before. One of the members of thatD eputation wasM onsieur Alfred Duquet, Advocate in the Court of A ppeal, Paris. From the outset of the visit of the French representatives he wrote accounts from day to day, and contributed them in a series of letters to the Paris journal, Le Francais, in which they appeared asL ettres dfrlande. These were translated into English and published inT he Irishman of September 9, 1871, and following dates. The original letters were afterwards revised by Alfred Duquet, and, with alterations and additions, were published the following year in book form, under the title I rlande etF rance. An English translation of this finished work has not hitherto been published. It appears to me that never can a more fitting time be chosen for presenting such a translation than the present, when no Irishman can remain unaffected by the death struggle ofF rance in theW ar now convulsing the world. The war of 1870-71 was the forerunner of the greater war forty-five years after. The consequences foreshadowed then have come to pass.
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