The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
MILE. DE LA ROUCHEFOUCAULT' IT
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post
 1CdROM the day Mile. de la Rouchefou- lCd cault started to carry out the as- e pirations of her life, she let noth- ing stand in her way toward their &C., complishment. She was recognized as the Amazon of the French Revolution, and the day before her last decisive en- gagement, she wrote to young woman acquaintance in Paris finishing her letter with this incorporate language: God knows that do not fear death; was mined to combat for the altar and the throne, and I have since daily braved 1t.
 But I hear the trumpet sounding alarm, and I must bid my tender friend long, I fear too long, adieu."
 When the news reached Brittany that
 Louis VI had been cruelty murdered, and the peasants began arming themselves to avenge his death, La Rouchefoucault was the first to raise the standard of royalty and he hurried to take his place at the | head of his men.
 | Mile de la Rouchefoucault, a near rela- 1 tive, was equally anxious to serve. She begged that she might be permitted to 1 lead the volunteers to battle. The men were drawn up ready to march when the young woman, arrayed as an Amazon, with a sword on her side and two pistols 1 in her belt, appeared. Friends" she said, "my principles are known to you
 as well as my sex; you shall soon be con vinced that the latter does not make me unworthy to combat and die for the for mer."
 1 Then she presented to the army three standards which she herself had embroid- cred At this time Mile. de la Rouchfou- cault, who later came to be known as | Loyal Nell,' was but IS years old, but in spite of her young years she braved l the hardships of the campaign with forti-
 tude. She never missed an opportunity l to be foremost in battle and, although
 she fought with all the ferocity of
 hardened soldier, she was as kind as would become one of her sex and tender years.
 This remarkable young woman would fight on the battlefield for days without sleep or rest and then, when the army
 was given an opportunity for repose, she
 would spend her time helping the wound-
 ed, both friend and foe. This attitude
 was considered most extraordinary in the I face of the atrocious treatment which l the royalists received when they fell into 1 the hands of the republicans. The phy- sical strain of such life was borne only
 because of the strong and robust constl-
 tuition which Loyal Nell'' was fortunate enough to possess.
 Success never changed the praiseworthy character of the courageous girl in the least. Even when elated by some recent victory, for which she could take the l credit upon her own shoulders. she would continue her work. never satisfied until the throne would be restored to the prop CT heirs and her fellow subjects to their l long-lost happiness and tranquility. On the other hand, she was never depressed Iby defeat but in success or failure she l fought on iindaunted.
 At that terrible affair of Cholet she
 rallied the kings forces and displayed such courage that the men under her command fought with a supernatural valor against overpowering odds, and rushed to their death following their roy- al leader.
 j Once, twice. three times the enemy re- pulsed their attack. each time with con- I siderable loss to the royal army. Seeing l that the revolutionists were without doubt in the supremacy, the intrepid maid ascended a small hill and addressed about 700 of her supporters
 "Companions of misfortune and senti-
 Iments," she harangued. "Our situation Is desperate. but let us not give up in de-
 spair The brave die only once, but \ the coward dies many times before he ! expires. We must now do our duty. and instead of turning our backA face our