 | Edmund Burke - 1871 - 670 pages
...proclamation : — " Soldiers, — I am about to place myself at your head to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of...the best armies in Europe, but others who were quite aa worthy were unable to resist your bravery. It will be the same again at the present time. The war... | |
 | 1870 - 816 pages
...proclaimed as follows : — " Soldiers ! I am about to put myself at your head to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of...present time. The war which is now commencing will be a lone and severe one, since it will have for the scene of its operations places full of fortresses and... | |
 | 1870 - 856 pages
...proclaimed as follows : — " Soldiers ! I am about to put myself at vour head to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the beat armies in Europe ; but others who were quite as worthy were unable to resist your bravery. It... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1871 - 606 pages
...arrived at Metz to assume the command. He immediately issued the following address to the army : — " Soldiers ! —I am about to place myself at your head...since it will have for the scene of its operations places full of fortresses and obstacles ; but nothing is too difficult for the soldiers of Africa,... | |
 | 1871 - 664 pages
...proclamation : — " Soldiers, — I am about to place myself at your head to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of...since it will have for the scene of its operations places full of fortresses and obstacles ; but nothing is too difficult for the soldiers of Africa,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1871 - 666 pages
...proclamation : — " Soldiers, — I am about to place myself at your head to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of...since it will have for the scene of its operations places full of fortresses and obstacles ; but nothing is too difficult for the soldiers of Africa,... | |
 | Carl Abel - 1871 - 658 pages
...French army : 'Soldiers, — I am about to place myself at your head, to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the best armies in Europe ; but others which were quite as efficient have been unable to resist your bravery. The same thing will occur again... | |
 | Henry Montague Hozier, William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 554 pages
...the army: — " Soldiers, — I am about to place myself at your head, to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the best armies in Europe, but others which were quite as> worthy have been unable to resist your bravery. The same thing will occur again... | |
 | Henry Allnutt - 1872 - 468 pages
...FRENCH ARMY. " SOLDIERS ! — I am about to place myself at your head, to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the best armies of Europe, but others, which were quite as worthy, have been unable to resist your bravery. The same... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1873 - 610 pages
...arrived at Metz to assume the command. He immediately issued the following address to the army : — " Soldiers! — I am about to place myself at your head...unable to resist your bravery. It will be the same ajain at the present time. The war which is now commencing will be a long and severe one, since it... | |
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Soldiers ! —I am about to place myself at your head to defend the honour and soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the best armies in Europe ; but others who were quite as worthy were unable to resist your bravery. It will be the same... 
