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    【】tthatthe

    frenchhadbeeeail;andhadshoost

    gallantry,againstgreatlysuperiouers.theywouldnow,no

    doubt,fallbackbehindtheselle;andholdthatline,andthe

    positionofthevosges,untilfreshtroopsuldeup,anda

    greatbattlebefoughtupoer.

    freshlevieswereeverywhereordered,andadeepandgeneral

    feelingeprevailed.noohoughtofblaroopsit

    thattheyhaddoheirbest;thefaultlayhthe

    generals,andhtheanization.

    en

    ee,also;fortheutternfusionh

    prevailedangstroops,intheirretreat,shohat

    theentalsyste;andthatthereuldhave

    beennorealdiscipliswould

    haverallied,afeilesfrohefieldofbattle.

    indijon,thegedurifhtarvelousthe

    ight,thisdisgrace

    stbeobileshe

    soldiersyarting,byeverytrain,

    tothedepots.thesoundoftherseillaiserangthroughthe

    streets,nightandday.thes,”gainedafresh

    aningahesefirstdefeats,none

    dreadoffi.

    everyday,hoerasburgoff;

    andtheprussiansrchedunopposedacrossthespursofthevosges,

    erehandfulofnghthavekedthe

    ”boys,thereareterribledaysinstore,forfranaptain

    barclaysaid,ethattheenehadenterednancy.

    ”theliheselleistued.bazaineoff,unless

    hehurrieshisretreat;ahingstoptheprussians

    froargtoparis.”

    theboyssatspeechlessatthisterribleassurance.

    ”surelyitrs.barclaysaid.”fren

    othavelostalltheiroldqualities;andallfrancewillrise,

    likeoorchtothedefenseofparis.”

    ”raever,againsttheprussian

    troops,flushedhviaptainbarclaysaid;”evenifthey

    edands,foralevyeoe

    frofbazaien,theonlyhopeoffranceisforallthe

    troopsaintofallbaderthegunsofthefortsof

    paris;andforfrannseguerrillawar.for

    hostsofskirsherstohangupontheirflanksandrear;cutting

    everyroad,destroyingeverybridge,entsof

    everydetaout,onthe

    groundheyoupy.

    ”this,hoandanieofpluck,of

    enduran.the

    questionis,doesfrancepossessthesequalities”

    ”surely,riofthefrench,”

    s.barclaysaid,alittlereproachfully.

    ”dearlanie,”herhusbandsaid,”iaorrytosaythativery

    greatlydoubtthepatriotisfthefrench.theyarerethanany

    people,reeventhantheenglish,theylaughatasanation

    ofshopkeepersaneykingrace.thebeoiseclass,the

    shopkeepers,thesllproprietors