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Adapted from a story by Emile Zola and representing an episode of the Franco-Prussian War. In most particulars this is a more than usually attractive production. The situations are exceptionally dramatic, leading up to the denouement which is fully as dramatic as the situations that preceded. The scenery is in keeping with the subject and, moreover, is beautiful. Some of it makes pictures well worth seeing apart from any connection they have with the story. The careful attention to details which characterizes the Edison pictures is seen here, as in other pictures presented by the house. Perhaps those familiar with the life and scenes depicted can find minor faults here and there, but it is well to remind them that the great bulk of those who see motion pictures look to the story and the way it is developed rather than to the small things which some critics profess to see. This story moves forward with a rush and a swing which holds the attention until the film ends. It is a good picture and one that will stir the emotions and thrill with its situations. - The Moving Picture World, August 27, 1910