The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... sent moment . Ralph and Percy Barclay are , as one can see at first sight , English ; that is to say , their father is English , and they have taken after him , and not after their French mother . They are French born , for B 2.
... sent moment . Ralph and Percy Barclay are , as one can see at first sight , English ; that is to say , their father is English , and they have taken after him , and not after their French mother . They are French born , for B 2.
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... sent down several casks of wine for the use of the passing troops , and his wife went down each day to assist at the distribution . In the evening she and Milly scraped old rags , to make lint for the wounded . The Lycée was still ...
... sent down several casks of wine for the use of the passing troops , and his wife went down each day to assist at the distribution . In the evening she and Milly scraped old rags , to make lint for the wounded . The Lycée was still ...
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... sent off at once to Chalons . At every corner of the street were placards calling out the Mobiles and soldiers who had served their time , and although not yet called to arms , the National Guard drilled in the Place d'Armes morning and ...
... sent off at once to Chalons . At every corner of the street were placards calling out the Mobiles and soldiers who had served their time , and although not yet called to arms , the National Guard drilled in the Place d'Armes morning and ...
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... sent is to cut the roads behind the Germans . If it were not for this cork leg of mine , Melanie , I would try and raise a small guerilla corps , and set out on my own account . I have lived here for seventeen years now , and the French ...
... sent is to cut the roads behind the Germans . If it were not for this cork leg of mine , Melanie , I would try and raise a small guerilla corps , and set out on my own account . I have lived here for seventeen years now , and the French ...
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... sent in their names was small . The men who did so were for the most part picked men , foresters , wood - cutters , and others who preferred the certainty of active and stirring service among the franc - tireurs to the pay and ...
... sent in their names was small . The men who did so were for the most part picked men , foresters , wood - cutters , and others who preferred the certainty of active and stirring service among the franc - tireurs to the pay and ...
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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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