Verdun to the Vosges: Impressions of the War on the Fortress Frontier of France
CHAPTER XVI
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
After the storm—A Prefect’s duties—Newspaper 193 correspondents—War a serious matter—Enemy’s means of information—On the battlefield—“Behind the front”—German dread of newspapers—Their own—French and British—The truth concealed—In Belgium—Effect in neutral Switzerland—Change of opinion due to knowledge of state of _internés_—Confidence of M. Mirman—_The Times_ an agent for good—Expulsion from Nancy—Hopes of return