Elsie Inglis - The Woman with the Torch by Eva Shaw McLaren
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In a letter to Mrs. Fawcett dated October 4, 1914, she says: "I can think of nothing except those Units just now; and when one hears of the awful need, one can hardly sit still till they are ready." [Illustration: ELSIE INGLIS FROM A BUST BY THE SERBIAN SCULPTOR IVAN MÉSTROVIC] FOOTNOTE: [12] National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. CHAPTER X SERBIA Serbia in January, 1915, was in a pitiable condition. Three wars following in quick succession had devastated the land. The Austrians, after their defeat at the Battle of the Ridges in October, 1914, had retreated out of the country, leaving behind them filthy hospitals crowded with wounded, Austrian and Serb alike. The whole land has been |
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