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 in work for her unfortunate country, when sons failed in Poland and daughters took their places. She was adored by her companion-in-arms, General Langiewicz, but "could not give him more than warm and uninterrupted friendship." In the battles of Chrobrze and of Busk, in which Angela was one of the glories of those days, she was severely wounded, leading her troop of young Polish patriots. Very presently she was forced to fly, with so many other refugees. She died some years later, an exile in Switzerland, in the arms of General Langiewicz. A virgin-warrior, indeed, her memory is imperishable in Poland. There were several female-officers of equal virility and heroism, in the same melancholy campaign.

In the Russian Departement of Wiatka, at the town of Jelabuga, recently was unveiled a memorial erected to the honour of the heroic soldier-maiden Nadeschda Andreievna Durowa, She died in 1866, at an advanced age. She served with great distinction in the anti-Napoleonic campaigns, especially in 1812, under the name of "Alexandroff." She was advanced to the colonelcy of a Lithuanian regiment, won numerous attentions from her superiors on account of her brave and skilful leadership, and was decorated with many orders. She did not withdraw from her profession till her services were not needed. She then betook herself to active literary work. Her sketches, historical studies and personal reminiscences of periods of her service and other observations were widely popular. She lived to be eightythree years of age, and died with general respect. The unveiling of the monument to "Colonel Durowa" was accompanied by a full military-mass, and the Russian army was represented by special delegates.

These warrior-uraniads remind us, verily, of Schiller's lines, in his "Jungfrau von Orleans" where the heroic