Inside Paris During the SiegeMacmillan and Company, 1871 - 342 pages |
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... troops of Zouaves and infantry pouring into the streets of the capital with sad tales of panic and " treason " from the rout at B Chatillon . Gradually , as the consciousness of captivity dawned CHAPTER I PAGE PREPARATION FOR THE SIEGE.
... troops of Zouaves and infantry pouring into the streets of the capital with sad tales of panic and " treason " from the rout at B Chatillon . Gradually , as the consciousness of captivity dawned CHAPTER I PAGE PREPARATION FOR THE SIEGE.
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... troop of mounted gendarmes dashed furiously through a long train of military carts and ambu- lance - waggons filled with wounded men ; they spurred onwards to arrest the flight of the infantry , themselves joining in the general flight ...
... troop of mounted gendarmes dashed furiously through a long train of military carts and ambu- lance - waggons filled with wounded men ; they spurred onwards to arrest the flight of the infantry , themselves joining in the general flight ...
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... troop of armed men going to the front . I stopped at the corner of the road , near the railway viaduct , to watch how they would pass through the gap in the barricade . Next me , a young Adonis of the Law Schools , with a pair of ...
... troop of armed men going to the front . I stopped at the corner of the road , near the railway viaduct , to watch how they would pass through the gap in the barricade . Next me , a young Adonis of the Law Schools , with a pair of ...
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... troops can be spared to keep order in Germany , the Landsturm will make a revolution . What a treat ! The Republic proclaimed at Berlin , while " Guill- aume " is fondly dreaming of " Augusta " at Ver- sailles ; -I am not quite sure ...
... troops can be spared to keep order in Germany , the Landsturm will make a revolution . What a treat ! The Republic proclaimed at Berlin , while " Guill- aume " is fondly dreaming of " Augusta " at Ver- sailles ; -I am not quite sure ...
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... troops in the afternoon ; some ten thousand men of Ducrot's corps d'armeé , well provided with artillery , had left Neuilly early that afternoon , and had marched up past our avenue in the direction of Montrouge . I strolled after them ...
... troops in the afternoon ; some ten thousand men of Ducrot's corps d'armeé , well provided with artillery , had left Neuilly early that afternoon , and had marched up past our avenue in the direction of Montrouge . I strolled after them ...
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