The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... duty ; they spend four times as much time in the cafés and billiard - rooms as they do in the drill ground . Altogether , in my opinion , the French army has greatly gone off in all points except in courage , which , being a matter of ...
... duty ; they spend four times as much time in the cafés and billiard - rooms as they do in the drill ground . Altogether , in my opinion , the French army has greatly gone off in all points except in courage , which , being a matter of ...
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... duty . France will need all the patriotism and all the devotion of her people to get through the present crisis . There is no saying how it will end . I have no hope whatever that MacMahon's new army can arrest the march of the enemy ...
... duty . France will need all the patriotism and all the devotion of her people to get through the present crisis . There is no saying how it will end . I have no hope whatever that MacMahon's new army can arrest the march of the enemy ...
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... duty , and that of every one , to fight for his country . I give you my full consent to go . I should not have advised it ; at your age there was no absolute duty , still , if you feel it so , I will not stand in your way . Go , then ...
... duty , and that of every one , to fight for his country . I give you my full consent to go . I should not have advised it ; at your age there was no absolute duty , still , if you feel it so , I will not stand in your way . Go , then ...
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... duty ; as it is , I will devote myself to your corps till they march . the first place , how strong do you mean them to be ? " " One strong company , say 120 men , " Captain Tempé answered . " More than that would be too unwieldy for In ...
... duty ; as it is , I will devote myself to your corps till they march . the first place , how strong do you mean them to be ? " " One strong company , say 120 men , " Captain Tempé answered . " More than that would be too unwieldy for In ...
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... duty of skirmishers , as all complicated manoeuvres would have been useless in a small corps whose duties would be confined entirely to skirmishing . With this branch of their work Captain Tempé was determined that they should be ...
... duty of skirmishers , as all complicated manoeuvres would have been useless in a small corps whose duties would be confined entirely to skirmishing . With this branch of their work Captain Tempé was determined that they should be ...
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