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5*S 6 LONDON ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS 1922 TO MY WIFE CONTENTS page Introduction 1 Diary in Russia 11 The Emperor after leaving Head- quarters 217 Emperor and Empress 232 The Tsarevitch 237 The Grand Duke Nicholas 243 General Alexeieff . 259 Index .... 265 IX OF ILLUSTRATIONSLIST Sir John Hanbury-The Emperor talking to.... FrontispieceWilliams FACING PAGE Nicholas, with StaffH.I.H. the Grand Duke Officers and Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams at G.H.Q., Russian 1914 .Armies in the Field, Baranovitchi, 12 and the Grand Duke NicholasThe Emperor G.H.Q., 1915 . . . .46at Balloon,Self going off in an Observation Osovets . . . . .85 of Allied MilitaryThe Emperor, with Chiefs Missions, Mohileff, 1916 . . .112at his Tutor, 1915 . ." />
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