The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... troop out from the great doors , talking and gesticulating . Their excitement , however , takes a different form to that which that of English boys would do under the same circumstances . There was no shouting , no pushing , no ...
... troop out from the great doors , talking and gesticulating . Their excitement , however , takes a different form to that which that of English boys would do under the same circumstances . There was no shouting , no pushing , no ...
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... troops quartered at Dijon moved forward at once , and scarcely an hour passed but long trains , filled with soldiers from Lyons and the South , were on their way up towards Metz . The people of Dijon spent half their time in and around ...
... troops quartered at Dijon moved forward at once , and scarcely an hour passed but long trains , filled with soldiers from Lyons and the South , were on their way up towards Metz . The people of Dijon spent half their time in and around ...
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... 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 closed , as it was found impossible to get the boys to attend to ...
... 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 closed , as it was found impossible to get the boys to attend to ...
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... troops were very much nearer to the frontier than those of the Prussians . If things had been ready , we ought to have marched two hundred thousand men into Germany , three or four days , at latest , after the declaration of war . The ...
... troops were very much nearer to the frontier than those of the Prussians . If things had been ready , we ought to have marched two hundred thousand men into Germany , three or four days , at latest , after the declaration of war . The ...
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... troops of Steinmetz . Some little consolation was however gleaned by the fact that the French had been beaten in detail , and had shown the utmost gallantry , terms . against greatly superior numbers . They would now.
... troops of Steinmetz . Some little consolation was however gleaned by the fact that the French had been beaten in detail , and had shown the utmost gallantry , terms . against greatly superior numbers . They would now.
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