Six Women and the Invasion

Madame Yerta's graphic account of the endless "requisitions," "perquisitions," "inquisitions," to which the inhabitants of Morny in the Laonnois were subject in 1915. It is clear, however, that these six brave women--Madame Valaine, her four daughters and her daughter-in-law, the writer of the book--were well able to take care of themselves. The tale of their courage, their gaiety, their resource under the endless difficulties and petty oppressions of their lot, lights up the miserable scene.