The firing usually begins at ten and ceases at noon--interval for lunch--and begins again in the afternoon.
"Poincare's villa is visible on the horizon in the green landscape.

A gun has been brought to bear on the house--they mean to destroy it before leaving--they call this the extreme unction.
"The daily artillery duel began on our return drive, and kept up an incessant roar.
"_St.Mihiel._ "We stopped at St.Mihiel, where many French people still remain.

They were detained as hostages to prevent the town from being fired at.
People were standing about in the streets watching the cars go by.
"I spoke to an old woman, who sat by herself on her house-steps.

She said: 'This disaster can never be made good, and it cannot well be worse than it is now.

It is quite the same to me what happens.