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George Alfred Henty . 1 i SWAINSO THE YOUNG FRANCTIREURS And their Adventures in the francoPrussian.
George Alfred Henty . 1 i SWAINSO THE YOUNG FRANCTIREURS And their Adventures in the francoPrussian.
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George Alfred Henty. THE YOUNG FRANC- TIREURS And their Adventures in the Franco- Prussian War . BY G. A. HENTY , SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE " STANDARD , " AND AUTHOR OF A MARCH TO MAGDALA , " " OUT ON THE PAMPAS , " & c . WITH ...
George Alfred Henty. THE YOUNG FRANC- TIREURS And their Adventures in the Franco- Prussian War . BY G. A. HENTY , SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE " STANDARD , " AND AUTHOR OF A MARCH TO MAGDALA , " " OUT ON THE PAMPAS , " & c . WITH ...
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... what the life of the franc - tireurs was , of what some of them actually went through , suffered , and per- formed . Yours sincerely , THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE I THE OUTBREAK OF WAR iv A Word to my Young Readers .
... what the life of the franc - tireurs was , of what some of them actually went through , suffered , and per- formed . Yours sincerely , THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE I THE OUTBREAK OF WAR iv A Word to my Young Readers .
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... vii PAGE 270 A BALLOON VOYAGE · CHAPTER XVIII . 292 A DAY OF VICTORY 316 CHAPTER XIX . DOWN AT LAST • 334 CHAPTER XX . CROSSING THE LINES 349 CHAPTER XXI . HOME . 362 THE YOUNG FRANC - TIREURS . CHAPTER I. THE OUTBREAK.
... vii PAGE 270 A BALLOON VOYAGE · CHAPTER XVIII . 292 A DAY OF VICTORY 316 CHAPTER XIX . DOWN AT LAST • 334 CHAPTER XX . CROSSING THE LINES 349 CHAPTER XXI . HOME . 362 THE YOUNG FRANC - TIREURS . CHAPTER I. THE OUTBREAK.
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... asked , but no one could answer . In another day or two it was probable that the orders respecting these matters would arrive , and in the MIL The Outbreak of War . 3 mean time the merry 2 The Young Franc - Tireurs .
... asked , but no one could answer . In another day or two it was probable that the orders respecting these matters would arrive , and in the MIL The Outbreak of War . 3 mean time the merry 2 The Young Franc - Tireurs .
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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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