The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... hundred thousand men into Germany , three or four days , at latest , after the declaration of war . The Germans could have had no force capable of resisting them . We should have had the prestige of a first success - no slight thing ...
... hundred thousand men into Germany , three or four days , at latest , after the declaration of war . The Germans could have had no force capable of resisting them . We should have had the prestige of a first success - no slight thing ...
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... hundred thousand men along the line from SaarLouis to Spiers . It is evident that they fell back from Saarbruck without any serious resistance . In another two or three days they will be in readiness , and as they must far out- number ...
... hundred thousand men along the line from SaarLouis to Spiers . It is evident that they fell back from Saarbruck without any serious resistance . In another two or three days they will be in readiness , and as they must far out- number ...
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... hundred volunteers to join a corps of Franc - Tireurs , a sort of guerillas , I believe , to go out to harass the Germans , and cut their communication . Those who can are to provide their own arms and equipments , a meeting is to be ...
... hundred volunteers to join a corps of Franc - Tireurs , a sort of guerillas , I believe , to go out to harass the Germans , and cut their communication . Those who can are to provide their own arms and equipments , a meeting is to be ...
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... hundred . If I find that volunteers come in in greater numbers than I can accept , I shall advise them to get up other similar corps . There ought to be scores of small parties , hang- ing upon the rear and flank of the enemy , and ...
... hundred . If I find that volunteers come in in greater numbers than I can accept , I shall advise them to get up other similar corps . There ought to be scores of small parties , hang- ing upon the rear and flank of the enemy , and ...
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... hundred and twenty men had inscribed their names , and Captain Tempé refused to admit more . Numbers were , he argued , a source of weakness rather than of strength when the men were almost entirely ignorant of drill . For sudden ...
... hundred and twenty men had inscribed their names , and Captain Tempé refused to admit more . Numbers were , he argued , a source of weakness rather than of strength when the men were almost entirely ignorant of drill . For sudden ...
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