 Louis has received his baptism of fire. His coolness was admirable; he was not in the least degree excited. . . . We were in the front, the balls and bullets fell at our feet. Louis has kept a ball that fell near him. Some of the soldiers wept on seeing...  The Idler Magazine - Strana 104upravili: - 1898Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1871 - 406 str.
...overlook the left bank of Saarbruck. The Prussians made a short resistance. We were in the first line : the balls and bullets fell at our feet. Louis has kept a bullet which fell near him. Some of the soldiers wept on seeing him so calm." There were many who ridiculed... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1882 - 706 str.
...divisions carried the heights on the left bank of Saarbriick. ' The Prussians made a feeble resistance. ' We were in the front ; the balls and bullets fell...remained. ' We had only one officer and ten men killed. NAPOLEOX.' were forwarded and executed slowly. The second corps, CHAP. instead of withdrawing to Saint... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - 1897 - 448 str.
...His coolness was admirable ; he was not in the least degree excited. . . . We were in the front, and the balls and bullets fell at our feet. Louis has...according to the official record the French loss in the Saarbrucken skirmish amounted to six officers and eighty men. The Prussian casualties were four officers... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1904 - 364 str.
...has received his baptism of fire. He was admirably calm, and never lost his self-possession. . . . We were in the front ; the balls and bullets fell...the soldiers wept on seeing how calm he remained." The first flush of joy this victory brought to France was soon dispelled by news of the disasters that... | |
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