day.itthattherailronglyguarded,
betrasburgandnancy,thatitoexpecttobe
abletointerruptit,seriously,allaforceasthatat
jorteesnd;stilllesspossibletorenderany
assistayofstrasburg.aftertaking
uherefore,pedeh
retothesouth;soastoassisttoopposethepassageofthe
enelr,orlhouse,throughthepassesofthe
vosges.
thealaroraryfor,havingderequisitions
asusual,theprussiaired;andtherpsretuedtotheir
oldquarters.thereaendayspassed;spentnoti
innstantrgsandunterrgs.wheneveewsarrived
thatanypartiesofuhlansountains,hthe
objeakingrequisitions,therpsantlysetin
tion.sotissevereskirshesetisthe
nearda
nightspentenhadnothingtodobuttork
again.
upohcathenehesurrenderofstrasburg,uponthe
preostheroicdefensesinhistory.
thereanse
seriously.bythisti,thetotalofthefrenongthe
vosgesuntainshoutthe
arrivalofarpsoffranctireursandhadalltheserpsbeen
anitedhaspiritsuchasthatevihefranctireursof
dijon;andhadtheyactedinunity,hdisciplineand
intelligeheyghthaverenderedienseservie.
unfortuhisbeingthecase.verynyof
theeredtheranksonlytoavoidbeingcalledupontogo
outobilizednationalguard.othershadonly
enteredfroheiulseofthent.veryher
unittoanysteadydiscipline
nuerofcases,therpspletelyparalyzedfroheutter
inityoftheirofficers.oothesevariouscauses,the
rpsoffranctireursdistinguishedtheelves,inuer
ofeiyandfhthey
displayedinkeepingataprudentdistany.so,
too,eaedabadnanotonlyfortheelves,butforthewhole
bodyoffranctireurs,bytheirnducttohevillagers;
helpingtheelvesfreelytoaking
theelvesalstaschdreadedbythepeasantryaseventhe
gerns,theelves.
atthesatithevillagershad,inverynycases,only
theelvestoblafortheroughasuresadoptedbythefranc
tireurs;foroften,insteadofdoingallintheirpoen
sinthecauseoffrahevillagerslooked
uponthenlyasstrangers,outoftherichestpossible
harvestostexorbitantprices
forallarti.infact,they
sotisdidatetosaythatthey,
atanyprice,htheprovisionsrequired;asthesewouldbe
ans,upontheir
arrival.
perhapsinthehereisnoclassofpeopleso
pletelyengrossedbythethoughtofgainasarethefrench
beois,andrustient,every
politiply,
andsolely,frohevietheiros.
thus,insteadofdrivingaheirflodherds,atthe
approaainedquietlyintheir
houses,andshalesslytraffickedhtheihisapathy,
faiedness,and,upoofthe
inhabitantsoftheslltoerable
diffiajorteeetis
obligedtotakethelaohisohevillagers
absolutelyrefusedtosellprovisions,ivequarterstohis
n.
intheseaster,andtwo
otherheadnoftheplaedatteeand
hisohearticles
required,andjorteetheroundanoticetotheeffect
that,ifthesearticlesheywouldbe
paidforattheagreedrates;butthatifnotfuished,heshould
quarterhisnupontheinhabitants,inacehthesize
oftheirhouses,andshouldreileastahreat
thatneverfailedinprodugtherequiredeffect.
it,hoajorenunteredany
difficultiesofthissort.therpsostpart,
posedofheyhadnooo,soldthesheep
andcattleont;findingthe
innveniehe
proeti,had
giventhegoodsuntheirregintalchest;andtheywere,
therefore,ableandopayafairpriharticles
astheyrequired.besidesthis,thereportoftheasof
blantandstillhadnoedandasageneral
thingthepeopleodoallintheirpoorps
posedofwork,andhadgivengoodproofsof
theirurageandenergy.
bythisti,theboyshadree;and
itybereadilyigihepleasuretheselettersafforded
thejorteesofficialreportofthedoingsofhisrpshad
beenpublishedinthedijonpapersand,frohese,hadbeenpied
farandhroughfrandthepeopleofdijona
littleproudoftheirrps.thenasofthetlayshad
appeared,inthereport,asspeciallydistinguishingtheelves;
andtheirfatherhadten,sayinghoifiedhe
rs.barclayandllyhadalsoten;but
theirexpressionsofpleasureingledanyhopesthatthe
boysselves,unnecessarily.
thebandhadduthenthsiheyleftdijon.
uphirtyhadbeenkilled,ordisabled,inthefightsof
blantandstill.halfasnyrehadbeenkilledorwoundedin
sllerskirshes;ae,orinto
hospital,pletelyknockeduphthehardworkandexposure.
onlyaboutsixtyn,therefore,reined.
schlestadtandneubrisasand,
afteringforafeoascertaintheursethatthey
pedeternedasgeneralcariels
inganar,doodefendtheupperpasses
ofthevosgesandasitoredthata
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