The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... walked about with the air of men who knew all about the matter , and had gone through more serious affairs than this was likely to be . In the market - place the excitement and the buzz of conversation were at their highest . It was the ...
... walked about with the air of men who knew all about the matter , and had gone through more serious affairs than this was likely to be . In the market - place the excitement and the buzz of conversation were at their highest . It was the ...
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... walked away in a quiet , prim manner , hand in hand , " I was really quite shocked as we came along . There was Melanie laughing and calling out as loudly as the boys themselves , handing up baskets and lifting others down , with her ...
... walked away in a quiet , prim manner , hand in hand , " I was really quite shocked as we came along . There was Melanie laughing and calling out as loudly as the boys themselves , handing up baskets and lifting others down , with her ...
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... walked upwards of twelve miles with her father yesterday , " Mrs. Barclay said , pretending to misunder- stand her sister - in - law's meaning . " I did not mean that , " Madame Duburg said , impa- tiently , " but she walks like a ...
... walked upwards of twelve miles with her father yesterday , " Mrs. Barclay said , pretending to misunder- stand her sister - in - law's meaning . " I did not mean that , " Madame Duburg said , impa- tiently , " but she walks like a ...
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... walked from the room without saying another word . Then the boys turned to their mother , who was crying silently , and , falling upon her neck , they kissed her and cried with her . It was understood that her consent was given with ...
... walked from the room without saying another word . Then the boys turned to their mother , who was crying silently , and , falling upon her neck , they kissed her and cried with her . It was understood that her consent was given with ...
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... walked Tim Doyle , dressed in the uniform of the corps , but without the equipments , and with a long blouse worn over his tunic . He was , in fact , already enrolled as an active member of the corps . This was done in the first place ...
... walked Tim Doyle , dressed in the uniform of the corps , but without the equipments , and with a long blouse worn over his tunic . He was , in fact , already enrolled as an active member of the corps . This was done in the first place ...
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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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