Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1917 — “THE BLUE DEVIL OF FRANCE” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“THE BLUE DEVIL OF FRANCE”

Lieut. Col. Jean Fabry of Marshal Joffre’s Staff Has Thrilling Experiences in War. Washington.—Lieut. Col. Jean Fabry Marshal Joffre’s chief of staff, 11 known in his own' country as “Thr Blue Devil of France.” He has prob ably experienced as many thrills a> any man in the French army. As commander of a battalion of Alpine chas-

seurs he led his men In the. battles of the Marne, Ypres, Dixmude, Arras and in the Vosges. In a gallant action in which his battalion carried by assault a position on the height of Reiphsackerkopf,' Lieutenant Colonel Fabry lost a leg. M. Hovelaque, a member of th. French commission, speaking of him said: - 1 ■ “The Blue"t>evll bf France Is grateful to America for the wooden leg he is wearing, but be is not so grateful at the price he had to pay for it. Colonel Fabry is a remarkable man. He has been wounded several times, and has seen some of the most dreadful TfiTggs that have occurred during this war.”