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... command- ant . The commandant was a courteous Breton gentleman who had served in Italy . We found him en déshabillé , packing up his trunk and pulling on his top - boots . He apologised for receiving me with so little ceremony , asked ...
... command- ant . The commandant was a courteous Breton gentleman who had served in Italy . We found him en déshabillé , packing up his trunk and pulling on his top - boots . He apologised for receiving me with so little ceremony , asked ...
Page 68
... command came forward to receive me at the hands of my escort . I was led into a corner behind a sort of barricade of biscuit - boxes which cut off all hope of retreat , and my four sentries placed themselves with their loaded rifles in ...
... command came forward to receive me at the hands of my escort . I was led into a corner behind a sort of barricade of biscuit - boxes which cut off all hope of retreat , and my four sentries placed themselves with their loaded rifles in ...
Page 75
... command . The Prussians were well entrenched behind barricades , and they shot us down like rab- bits . Our soldiers are , as it is , only too impetuous , and we have the greatest difficulty to keep them well in hand . Yet , what do our ...
... command . The Prussians were well entrenched behind barricades , and they shot us down like rab- bits . Our soldiers are , as it is , only too impetuous , and we have the greatest difficulty to keep them well in hand . Yet , what do our ...
Page 78
... command of a Mobile regiment has virtually signed away his life to his country . The Colonel's card enabled me to go to the fort , where I found on enquiry that my marine friend had changed his quarters ; hence the mistake which led to ...
... command of a Mobile regiment has virtually signed away his life to his country . The Colonel's card enabled me to go to the fort , where I found on enquiry that my marine friend had changed his quarters ; hence the mistake which led to ...
Page 92
... command in the National Guard and conspiring to . subvert the Government of the Republic , declared in the Combat that he had been so accustomed to being condemned to death under the Empire that he did not fear the court - martials of ...
... command in the National Guard and conspiring to . subvert the Government of the Republic , declared in the Combat that he had been so accustomed to being condemned to death under the Empire that he did not fear the court - martials of ...
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