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Updated: August 11, 2024
They wore the marine uniform with naval insignia and were under naval discipline throughout; they went "fore" and "aft" on the great trains which accompanied each gun, pointed their pieces to "port" and "starboard" and were rated according to navy ranking. Their great task came when the guns with their equipment first landed at St. Nazaire.
Within this château, M. La Tour tells us, an important treaty was signed by François II of Brittany and Louis XI. As we drew near Nantes the strong salt air blowing in our faces made us realize that we were near the sea. Nantes and St. Nazaire, which is a little north and west of Nantes, are among the great sea ports of the world.
From this bridge a view of Old Carcassonne, La Cite, as it is called, bursts on the sight. It stands on a height about 125 ft. above the river, and this height has two peaks, one is occupied by the citadel, the other by the old cathedral of S. Nazaire.
A boy officer came up out of a hole and saluted the captain, who stepped back and said, in an emotional way: "Tiens! C'est toi, Edouard?" "Oui, mon Capitaine." The boy had a fine, delicate, Latin face, with dark eyes and long, black eyelashes. "You are a lieutenant, then? How does it go, Edouard?" "It does not go," answered the boy like that French sergeant in Ablain St.-Nazaire.
Nazaire, embarking separately on board the Doutelle, where Prince Charles, who had come down from Nantes in a fishing boat, was received by Mr. Walsh, the owner of the vessel. Ronald now saw gathered together the various persons who were to accompany Prince Charles on this adventurous expedition.
The facts are that on April 29 the French Embassy made an informal inquiry as to whether the LaFayette, which left Saint Nazaire, France, for Vera Cruz, by way of Havana, before war was declared or information of the blockade was received, would be allowed to land at Havana certain passengers, her mail bags and the dispatch bag of the Consulate-General of France and take some French passengers on board.
Here they were a prey to immoral women and the officer commanding the base was greatly concerned about the matter and eagerly welcomed the idea of having the Salvation Army establish good women in St. Nazaire who would cope with the problem.
The matter was taken up at once with the military authorities and twenty of these steel buildings were secured each of them sixty-six feet wide by one hundred feet long. It was planned to place eight of them at Bordeaux, six at St. Nazaire and six at Brest.
After a very rough passage from Avonmouth the Division landed at St. Nazaire in the Bay of Biscay, the last transport arriving some time in the second week of February. From there they were taken in box cars to that mysterious region known as "the front," travelling forty men or eight horses to a car, a state of affairs that one man complained "showed undue regard for horses."
"Von Tirpitz" was going round in an absent-minded way, pulling at his long whiskers. The war correspondents talked together. We spoke gloomily, in low voices, so that the waiters should not hear. "If they break through to Abbeville we shall lose the coast." "Will that be a win for the Germans, even then?" "It will make it hell in the Channel." "We shall transfer our base to St.-Nazaire."
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