The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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Page 74
... shot was to be fired on any consideration until Major Tempé gave the word . The men behind the trees were all ordered to lie down among the low undergrowth and brushwood . The line extended nearly a hundred yards . The water- proofs ...
... shot was to be fired on any consideration until Major Tempé gave the word . The men behind the trees were all ordered to lie down among the low undergrowth and brushwood . The line extended nearly a hundred yards . The water- proofs ...
Page 75
... shot from a straggler from one of the French armies hidden in the woods . In another minute or two four more Uhlans passed , and after the same interval came the main body , escorting a number of cattle and sheep . The greater portion ...
... shot from a straggler from one of the French armies hidden in the woods . In another minute or two four more Uhlans passed , and after the same interval came the main body , escorting a number of cattle and sheep . The greater portion ...
Page 77
... shots from the enemy flashed out thick and fast . In another moment the young captain threw up his arms and fell , shot through the heart . The officer next in command ordered a retreat , the horses were regained , and amidst a con ...
... shots from the enemy flashed out thick and fast . In another moment the young captain threw up his arms and fell , shot through the heart . The officer next in command ordered a retreat , the horses were regained , and amidst a con ...
Page 86
... that if any Prussian soldier be killed , or even shot at , by a franc - tireur , if a rail be pulled up or a road cut , that he will hold the village An Infamous Edict . 87 near the spot accountable ; 86 The Young Franc - Tireurs .
... that if any Prussian soldier be killed , or even shot at , by a franc - tireur , if a rail be pulled up or a road cut , that he will hold the village An Infamous Edict . 87 near the spot accountable ; 86 The Young Franc - Tireurs .
Page 87
... shot ! ' Of course we are always liable to treachery . There are scoundrels always to be found who would sell their own mothers , but now even the most patriotic cannot but feel that they are running an immense risk in sheltering us ...
... shot ! ' Of course we are always liable to treachery . There are scoundrels always to be found who would sell their own mothers , but now even the most patriotic cannot but feel that they are running an immense risk in sheltering us ...
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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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