The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... able to put a larger army than theirs in the field just at first , and if we were but prepared , should certainly be able to carry all before us for a while . I question very much if we are so prepared . Supposing it to be so , however ...
... able to put a larger army than theirs in the field just at first , and if we were but prepared , should certainly be able to carry all before us for a while . I question very much if we are so prepared . Supposing it to be so , however ...
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... able to hold against all the efforts of Prussia . " The exultation of Dijon was but short - lived , for on the 5th the boys came up in the afternoon from the town with very serious faces . " What is the matter , Ralph ? " " There is a ...
... able to hold against all the efforts of Prussia . " The exultation of Dijon was but short - lived , for on the 5th the boys came up in the afternoon from the town with very serious faces . " What is the matter , Ralph ? " " There is a ...
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... able to cut his way out , but at any rate , he is likely to remain where he is for some little time , under the walls of Metz , for he occupies the attention of a considerably larger force than that which he commands . The vital point ...
... able to cut his way out , but at any rate , he is likely to remain where he is for some little time , under the walls of Metz , for he occupies the attention of a considerably larger force than that which he commands . The vital point ...
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... able and energetic officer . He had left the service five or six years previously upon his marriage . He lived a short distance only from Captain Barclay , and a warm friendship had sprung up between them . Upon Captain Barclay telling ...
... able and energetic officer . He had left the service five or six years previously upon his marriage . He lived a short distance only from Captain Barclay , and a warm friendship had sprung up between them . Upon Captain Barclay telling ...
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... able to arm the Mobiles for months , to say nothing of the National Guard . We must buy the rifles in England or Belgium . It will be difficult to get chassepots , so I think the best plan will be to decide at once upon your Sniders ...
... able to arm the Mobiles for months , to say nothing of the National Guard . We must buy the rifles in England or Belgium . It will be difficult to get chassepots , so I think the best plan will be to decide at once upon your Sniders ...
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arms army arrived balloon Besançon Blamont boys Cambriels Captain Barclay cavalry Christine cloth Colonel Tempé coloured command corps despatches distance Doyle duty Edition enemy English Epinal Fcap fell fight fire forest France French G. A. HENTY Gambetta German gilt edges hair half hand HARRISON WEIR head heard honour horses hour hundred yards Illustrations lads laughed legion of honour Lieutenant looked Madame Duburg Major Tempé Maupas Melun miles Milly minutes Mobiles Molsheim Montargis morning Mutzig night o'clock officers once Orleans Paris passed peasant plain Post 8vo prisoners Prussians quarter Ralph and Percy Ribouville rifles road round Salbris Saverne schoolmaster sentries sergeant shot shouted side soldiers staff surgeon Teclier tell thing Tim's tireurs to-morrow told town Trochu troops turned Uhlans village Vosges walked Wasselonne wood wounded young Barclays Zouaves
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