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| Picture No | 11096031 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | Escapee convalescents at a Nice war hospital, WW1 |
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Catching the errant convalescent - a summer evening incident at a Nice war hospital. Two wounded French soldiers, finding the temptation of delights on the French Riviera too much to bear, try to scale a garden wall surrounding the American Red Cross Hospital where they were recuperating. Their escape was foiled by a nurse accompanied by boy scouts.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration in The Graphic, 10 June 1916 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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