Recollections of an Officer of Napoleon's ArmySturgis & Walton Company, 1911 - 280 sivua |
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Sivu 158 - The Queen of Prussia was very beautiful, I saw her; she was said to have been very amiable, I know nothing about that; but it is certain that she obtained many concessions from Napoleon
Sivu 40 - replied another, " they are donkeys." " I tell you they are mules." " And I, that they are donkeys." "Well! suppose they are, what difference does it make ? Do you not know that in the Guards donkeys have the rank of mules?
Sivu 46 - When Her Majesty appeared, the artillery made a terrific noise, the music of the regiments played out of tune; the drums rumbled dully, for it was pouring, we had mud to our knees, and the Paris journals went into ecstasies on the good fortune we had had of being the first to salute our august and gracious sovereign.
Sivu 121 - Do not go so fast, do not hurry," they say, " to be killed, it is not necessary to run so quickly." " The enemy is ten times more numerous than we.
Sivu 19 - In fact, from all sides, we sec hurrying forward our fearless freebooters loaded down with sacks full of poultry, baskets of eggs and loaves of bread stuck one after the other on ramrods. Some push before them sheep and cows, oxen and pigs; others make peasants, put in requisition, carry the straw and wood.
Sivu 19 - ... ramrods of their pieces. Some are driving before them sheep and cows, oxen and pigs : others are making peasants, whom they have put in requisition, carry straw and wood for them. From the sour looks of the latter, and from the interjections that escape them, you plainly perceive that they are far from pleased ; but their words are drowned by the cries of the animals, and by the loud laughter of the soldiers. . . . Those...
Sivu 195 - But as soon as their talents were recognised, the greatest care was taken that the lives of these gentlemen should not be exposed to the hazards of war, nor their precious healths endangered by the inclemencies of sentry duty.
Sivu 222 - To be killed regularly one had to be killed by the bayonet; a coward may die afar, struck by a bullet or by a cannon ball; he who dies of a bayonet thrust is necessarily a hero. The emperor had an extreme fondness for those who perished in this manner. — BLAZE. Admiral Nelson had just beaten our fleet at Trafalgar. The French navy had fought with splendid bravery, but had been disastrously defeated. This produced a bad effect in Paris and disgusted the emperor forever with naval enterprises. He...
Sivu 19 - Recollections of Military Life under Napoleon's Empire.' " Here we are, then, in a charming plain, cut up by the artillery, trampled down by the cavalry. It is here that we are to sleep. The order is given ; twenty men of each company are sent to the neighbouring villages to fetch wood, straw, and provisions. A curious sight soon presents itself to our view. ' The fair will be a good one,' say the soldiers,