By ministerial decree, the boundaries of Paris were extended to make room for a new Quartier, that of Auteuil, which includes the whole of the Bois de Boulogne and the two race courses, Auteuil and Longchamps. The Bois was virtually owned by Paris for many years, but technically it belonged to the Commune of Boulogne.
Ex-Captain Jacques Sadoul, once condemned to death for deserting to the Bolsheviki while a member of the French Military Mission in Russia (TIME, Jan. 26), was acquitted by a court martial at Orleans which was convened to retry...
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