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WE TAKE THE FIELD AGAIN. While we were in quarters at Paderborn, a mixed detachment (composed of men for various corps) arrived to join the army, and with it came Major Shirley, looking quite the sam…
THE TWO PRESENTIMENTS. On the night before the action at Minden, while we were bivouacked in a wood near the bank of the Weser, there came under my observation two instances of that remarkable and un…
BATTLE OF MINDEN. The morning of the 1st of August dawned fair and softly. The sky was a deep blue, and light fleecy clouds were floating across it. It was the opening of a day of battle, a day of do…
PRINCE XAVIER OF SAXONY. The Light Troop had gone more than a mile from the field with the pursuing cavalry before it was ordered to return on the service just stated. When falling back, we passed th…
THE BRIDGE OF FREYENTHAL. Severe weather succeeded the battle of Minden, and the Scots Greys, while it continued, were ordered to cantonments in villages near the Lahn. On a dull wet morning we parad…
LES VOLONTAIRES DE CLERMONT. My handsome grey trooper was bestrode by a dapper little French sous-lieutenant, who seemed to enjoy the ride amazingly, all the more that I, a sacré Anglais , trudged by…
THE DUC DE BROGLIE. There was one other present whom I could very well have spared—the Count de Bourgneuf—the stern young colonel, who eyed me steadily with a glance of a very mingled cast—at least, …
AN OLD FRIEND ARRIVES. According to his invitation, I dined with the brave Duc de Broglie, in the hall of the old Schloss, the walls and roof of which still bore all the frescoes, heraldic devices an…
MONJOY. When most of the officers had withdrawn, Monjoy drew close to me and said,— "There is more in the Maréchal's dispatch than met our ears—matters not pleasant to the pride of de Brogl…
THE STORY OF MONJOY. It was long past midnight, however, before we were prepared to leave Ysembourg. To set out with the conviction that every tree, hedge, or thicket might conceal at least one muske…
