Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-26
Women Who Have Preferred
BattIef1elds to Home.

The Elector Macmillan Emmanuel
of Bavaria, who died in 1925, left sev-
eral natural children, ons Of whom was
daughter named Macmillan do
Leithorst. Her parents seem to have
been neglectful of her. but the girls
character was resolute. She dressed ~
u man, called herself Monsieur le Baron
de Halden in Regensburg, embassador
of the bishop of Wurtzburg to the court
in that town. Afterward she went 10
Vienna and enlisted as q soldier in the
imperial army. She served seven years
as cadet in the regiment of Francis
de Lorraine in Hungary. and only dur
ing sickness was her sex discovered.
She became lieutenant and was dis
missed from the service with life
penalty. She dressed in male attire
until her death, in 1748.
Leonora Prohaska fell in an engage
ment on the Gorde. September 16,
1918, q bullet having pierced her
breast. When she felt that she was
dying, she revealed to her comrades
that she was woman, and that her
name was Lsnora Prohaska, and not
Charles REM. Her friend, Carolina
Peters, known as Charles Peterson,
was more fortunate. She participated
in the campaigns of 1918 and 1914; was
decorated with the order of the Iron
Cross on account of her bravery, and
was honorably discharged from the
army at the end Of the war, when she
declared her sex. She was afterward
married to the captain of an English
trading vessel, whom she accompanied
on his travels, and with whom she
visited her relatives at Settin in 1874.
In the pages of AU tho Year Round,
1874, we read of one woman making
her field of fame" on the deck of Q
British man. of-war. On the 18th of
April, 1881, in the West Indies, Lord
Rodney gained his great victory over
the French feet, commanded by ad-
miral the Count de Grasse, aud q
daughter of England shared in the
honors of that memorable day. After
the surrender of the French flagship
Vile de Hsvre, one hundred guns, to
Rodney's flagship Formidable, sixty
four guns, ga woman who had. con-
trary to the rules of the navy, se,rsted
herself in her husbands ca'in. and
found quarter deck gun in the room
OF her husband, who was dosn IN the
cockpit, was discovered. Lord Il ,iney
severely reprimanded her for breach of
cprders, but gave herimmediately after.
wards ten guineas for 60 valiantly sus-
tainingithc post of her wounded hus-
band" ~.
The life of Mary Ann Talbot. an il
legitimate daughter OF the f ,rl of Tai
bot, was one of remarkable adventure.
Born in London on February 2, 1776,
she Yves we'll educated at the expense
of her father. When only about four
teen she was induced to run away from
school by Captain Bowen, with whom
she lived short time in London. She
then went with his regiment to the
West Indies. served afterward a. o
drummer at the siege of Valenciennes,
where the captain was killed, and the
intrepid girl left friendless. She CON-
trived to reach the coast and shipped as
boy on board a French privateer.
This vessel was captured by one Of the
ships of Lord Howe's feet. and, the OPP
portnnity being open to her, Mary Tai
bot entered the British navy. She
served in many actions, was several
times prisoner OF war, and finally, in
1896, when suffering from shattered
leg, was commissioned midshipman
and discharged from the service. Sub.
sequently Queen Charlotte granted her
pension Of $40. When recovering from
her wounds she wentto America, work
ing her way thither as steward Of q
merchant ship, on board ct which, it is
said, she was obliged to reveal her sex
in order to repel the amorous advances
Of the captains daughter. After long
absence, little being known. Of her ex-
ploits in the meantime, she again APP
peared in London. From this point
her subsequent life was one of great
wretchedaess and poverty, and she was
freq uently in Newgate undergoing inn
prise nment for debt. Out Of prison
she assumed variety OF characters,
being sailor, actress, peddler and foot
pad by turns. The date Of her death 10
unknown. A few years ago there was
q portrait in existence Of Mary Talbot
in naval uniform, likely enough - .
midshipman, and the artist has pre-
sented her % possessing handsome
appearance. The picture is said to be
now in the United States.