The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... half French , and hope with all my heart that we shall thrash these Germans ; but we know that they are good soldiers , and it is safer not to begin to brag till the work is over . " There was silence for a minute or two after Ralph ...
... half French , and hope with all my heart that we shall thrash these Germans ; but we know that they are good soldiers , and it is safer not to begin to brag till the work is over . " There was silence for a minute or two after Ralph ...
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... half Swiss , half Gothic , and altogether French . It had numerous little gables , containing the funniest shaped little rooms . It had a high roof with projecting eaves , and round three sides ran a wide veranda , with a trellis - work ...
... half Swiss , half Gothic , and altogether French . It had numerous little gables , containing the funniest shaped little rooms . It had a high roof with projecting eaves , and round three sides ran a wide veranda , with a trellis - work ...
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... half- past eleven , or even at twelve . This is a regular meal , with soup , meat , and wine . In England it would be called an early lunch . At six o'clock the Frenchman dines , and even the working man calls this meal , which an ...
... half- past eleven , or even at twelve . This is a regular meal , with soup , meat , and wine . In England it would be called an early lunch . At six o'clock the Frenchman dines , and even the working man calls this meal , which an ...
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... half their time in and around the station . The platform was kept clear , but bands of ladies relieved each other every few hours , and handed soup , bread , fruit , and wine to the soldiers as they passed through . Each crowded train ...
... half their time in and around the station . The platform was kept clear , but bands of ladies relieved each other every few hours , and handed soup , bread , fruit , and wine to the soldiers as they passed through . Each crowded train ...
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... half - hour long lines of waggons filled with biscuits , barrels of wine , sacks of coffee , and cases of stores of all sorts and kinds passed through . The enthusiasm of Dijon at the sight of this moving panorama of war rose to fever ...
... half - hour long lines of waggons filled with biscuits , barrels of wine , sacks of coffee , and cases of stores of all sorts and kinds passed through . The enthusiasm of Dijon at the sight of this moving panorama of war rose to fever ...
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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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