Translations:CP 02924/19/en
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- ↑ This refers to Jacques Tirman and Charles Catusse, about whom Proust also sent news to Eugénie Lémel in his letter of January 1915: "Young Catusse and Tirman, both of whom you know, were seriously wounded but have recovered and gone back to fight". (CP 05416; Cher ami..., p. 350, BPRS 59). For Mme Catusse's son see his biographical details on the Corr-Proust website. As for Jacques Tirman, he must be Jacques Comolet-Tirman (1884-1955), son of Louise Tirman, who was the only daughter of the prefect and former governor general of Algeria, Louis Tirman (see Vincent Wright, Les Préfets de Gambetta, Paris, Presses de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2007, p. 400). [PK, PW]