Notre Dame Preparatory School - Towers Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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SR e ' M owefs After a short rest at Bnology we contmued our journey with much vlgor and enthusrasm It dld not take us long to arrxve at French Cnty whlch was strongly fortlfied wxth an enormous wall Seelng that we had to gam this land also and reahzxng that we were larger ln number the captaln ordered us to surround If and to charge when told Boom' the French had fired and after recervmg the srgnal our men fired ln return Thus d1d we fight for three dreary months without being able to break through the wall At the end of thls perlod we were fatlgued and were on the polnt of gxvlng up when we notlced the mam gates slowly open mg A large over dressed Gentleman appeared and addressxng the captaln sard Caprtalne nous nous rendons parce que nous voyons que nous sommes plus farbles Serons amls But slnce our captain could not fully understand the Frenchman s talk Frances Rasm was ordered to lnterpret If Thus the c1ty came under our control and trlumphantly we passed 1nto rt but were drsappolnted to hear that part of our army had gone ahead to capture Spanish Whxle ln French clty Catherme Lawlor Ann Sheehan Jullet Moore Helen Magness and Olga Cook were lnvlted to act IH a French drama and slnce they were so well versed ln the language they splendldly played thelr part In the meantlme Catherlne Carroll Helen Carroll Cele Baker Concetta Scalco and Loretto Convery arrived at Spamsh CIIY and ravaging everythng and capturlng every lnhabltant as they entered soon had the cxty under therr control wlthout very much trouble These darlng ravagers placed at the mam entrance of the c1ty a slgn whnch read as follows Esta Crudad Es Del Ejerclto Jumor They then jomed the larger portxon of the army which was then nearlng Math Brldge The captaln surmlsxng the weakness of the brldge sent ahead Mary Ahern Anne Street Mary Kennedy and Mary Ellen H1ll to test IIS endurance Very cautlously yet wlllmgly these brave men advanced walked to the middle and then stopped Crash ' wrth a loud nolse the brldge broke and wlth If fell our men However these soldlers were excellent swlmmers and wxthout much difficulty qulckly came back Helen Smith Clalre Buettner Emlly Shannon Isobel Runge Constance Judge Margaret Houchens and Carolyn Meyer were ordered to bulld another bridge Wlfh a steel foundatlon It dld not take our well experlenced men long to complete the1r work and shortly afterward the army trlumphantly crossed the Sea of Health and found themselves on the Senlor Shore Before our enterlng the malnland Captaxn Smith declared a three months vacatlon at the seashore +:l45F' J, A ll All e I ...,. - A' -a ml, , N- ee- Qs: 553215 -Q 'g n' 1e ,, q1'aivi:l lee-T JU W' X. uf' ' 1 U . , . I , . , ' v - ox I r i I 4 I S T 7 Z I 3 I in 1 l v V v ' 3 1 ' I

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