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”thefireisveryheavy,”thegeneralsaid,”butusthavethe villagebackagain.” andherodeoff,hielf,tothebattalionofzouaves.theshotand shell,buthesatonhishorseasiovable asifatareview. ”lads,”hesaid,inaloud,cleartone,”generallythe difficultyhasbeentopreventthezouavesrushingtoanattack. dobesaidthatafreneralhadtorepeat,tofrench zouaves,ao.” inaninstantthezouavesheirfeetand,hacheer, ansinpossessionfiredrapidly,as thefrenhed,andthenhastilyevacuatedit;thezouaves takingpossession,andholdingit,urendousfire. alltheafteooleraged,villagesbeingtakenand retaken,severaltis.thegerns,however,weregradually gainingground.sooftheregintsofbileshadquitelostall orderanddiscipline,andtheirofficersinvaiopersuade theoholdthepositioninheyhe staffofficershreeotherswounded.
periracle.overandain,hehad carriedthegeneralsordersacrossgroundsys shotandshell.ahorsehadbeenkilledunderhibuthehadnot receivedevenascratdnoounteduponthehorseofoneof theoffiarryingan orderacrossaveryopenpieceofground,atfullgallop.suddenly hecauponasighthhurriedashewas,andexposedaswas thepositioncausedhinstantlytodraetoa fullstop. illustration:thechildrenolefield. there,intheopenfield,heoneaboy,ofsix orsevenyearsold;theotheralittleflaxenhaired,blueeyed girl,offive.theylypigflowers. ”ent. hespokeinfrend,receivingnoahequestion ingern. ”areyoudoinghere” ”ifyouplease,sir,”theboyansinthe ebacktherewas agreatfireinthehouse,andagreatnoiseallround,andi uldntfindfatherandther;a,tolookfor the” percydidnotknotodo.itoopitifultoleavethepoor littlecreatures athattheirparentshewoods. ”lookhere,”hesaid;”ifitakelizzieuponhorse,willyourun alongafter” ”no,no,”thelittlegirlsaid,vehently. thereeforparley. ”lookhere,doyouseethosesoldierslyingdoy asked,pointingtoalineofbiles,notfiftyyardsinfront. thechildrennodded. ”thingyoupossiblydoistoplayat beingsoldiers.itiscapitalfun.youliedoeflatinthat ditdthrotlestonesoverthebank.dontyougoaway. doup,everyoudo;andifyoodchildren,and playnicely,iothertoyou,ififind theiftheydonte,yougoonplayingatsoldierstillall thisops;andthen,e, andothereback.” thechildreheidea,andthrehe ...