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  • Civil War (possibly with Flashman) and was later chief a.d.c. to Maximilian in Mexico, suggests that Flashman was involved in the efforts which both the Prince and Princess made to save the Emperor's life; she was a handsome and fearless lady who has left a spirited account of her adventures in Mexico, and of her later life in European royal circles and in the Franco-Prussian war, in which her husband was killed.

    Watershed 2010

  • Civil War (possibly with Flashman) and was later chief a.d.c. to Maximilian in Mexico, suggests that Flashman was involved in the efforts which both the Prince and Princess made to save the Emperor's life; she was a handsome and fearless lady who has left a spirited account of her adventures in Mexico, and of her later life in European royal circles and in the Franco-Prussian war, in which her husband was killed.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

  • He had discovered a detachment of the Royal Army Service Corps and, posing as an orderly officer or a.d.c., had told its officer a distressing story of a brigadier who for several hours had been separated from his personal baggage.

    The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912

  • After the war the Salms’ taste for excitement took them to Mexico, where Felix became Maximilian’s chief a.d.c. and Flashman’s colleague.

    Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

  • He seemed to be Fasil’s a.d.c. In attendance there were half a dozen scribes taking notes.

    Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

  • (m) Top-ranking a.d.c. (n) Change the acolyte -- he gets a lift from church.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

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