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【】sendgernarwas likelytoadvannancythathehe vosges,andaidinthedefenseagainstthissendarof invaders. threedaysfatiguingrtoepinal;he boys,inaceise,straighttothehouse ofthegetheirlast visit.theirfriends,andexpressed greatregretthatohepartyissing.theboyswere, hodijonhadgiven goodatsofphilippeduburg,of dahereorejoin theasthesurgeonnsidereditprobablethathislegwouldbea verylongti,beforeit touseit. theirhosthadreadtheatinthepapersofthedoingsofthe franctireurs;andhisadeafurtherapologyto thebararkattheirfirstvisit aboutboys. ”girlshavetalkedaboutnothingelsebutyourdoings,ever sinkupontheuhlans,near blant,”shesaid.”oheiheytake intherps,thattheureoffrancedependeduponthe franctireursofdijon.” theyoungbarclayslaughed,ateredsothingunderhis breath;hathehopedthe franctireursofdijonheirbesttodeservethe kindthoughtsofdeisellesatenesspercy ttered,”bosh” epinalhad,asyet,escaped;butithat,erelong,the eneoed,foralltheyoung nhadleftobilizednationalguardandall nunderfortyarchatants notioventoftheene,southofluneville,was asyetsignalized. aftertarorth;their destinationbeiaprofoundseen.so anxious,apparently,pethat,thisti,theirobject shouldnotbefoiledbytreachery;thatafterthefirstdaysrch helefttheinroadand,havingsecuredtheservicesofa peasant,asaguide,hedetarchesthrough forests,aainsavoidingevensllvillages.fourled horsesaiedthereladeton,and theotherthreeightbe indepeofthelocalsupply.eaighttheybivouackedinthe forestsbut,astheherhoughthenightswere ldthisever. upontheingofthefourthdayfroheirleavingepinal,jor teetoldhisnthathehadleaed,atepinal,thattheline ansbeing ,nopotenthend thattheyilesof therail,onthelio strasburg.hisiionorenhatdayandif supt,atdaybreak ing,tobloherailhevesouze. thenehgreatsatisfa,astherpswere buingtodistinguishtheelves;andinnoheydosuch serviunicationalthough,asthe gernsuponasingleliheadvantage beofsosignalanatureasitould theyhavecutitatthetiadetheattet.the barclaysurallyselectedtorennoiterand,astheir geofclotheshadbeenalpesorderscarried onthebaggagehorse,theyhadnodifficultyuponthatsre. theirexpeditionful.atthevillageothe bridge,theyecheeseandotherarticles andaftergainingalltheinfortiontheyhout exadetheirhroughbrokenground,to apointnearenoughtothebridgetoeheoren, undisvered. aseead.atattagehardbyen others,hereyinthevillagetheyhadjustleft. thereriesdohelithesewerefarenough aparttoreusterintito interfere,seriously,ation, theyretuedtotheforest. auncilofhatthenewswas satisfactory,andthattheattackshouldtakeplaceatdaybreak. ea. lieutenanthoudin,en,an partyinthevillage.theresthaviourtoavoidthe villageobeinreadioattackthepostshe bridge,iediatelyagunhevillage.theattackwas tobedeatdaybreak.fre,tothepointwhere theforesthioughtoaffordasafeshelter,wasa distanceofabouttiles. assoonasitbecadark,thecafireslow; andshortlyafterhehtheexceptionofthe sentries,fouroktheywereroused,and rchedsilentlyoffintheappointeddire.byfiveok eachpartyitspostand,forhalfanhour,theylayin expelayspesparty,he bridge.louisduburg,andtihthepartyatthevillage. theattackuponthevillageotakeplaceathalfpastfive; andneverdidntsappearsoslootheboys,asthoseh passedastheyaedthesignal.atlastthesilencewasbroken bythesharpkofarifle,follohreeorfourothers. ”theregoestheprussiary,andthereisourreply,”jor teesaid.”now,lads,forward” ashespoke,thesentryonthebridgefiredhisrifle;iediately, thisedbythesentryontheline,andthesignal akenupbyeatry,untilthesouhedistance. asithaddohefranctireurshaddearushforhey etbyastragglingdisansas,half asleep,theyhurrieduardroothiswasansweredby thefireofthefranctireurs,.fivefell;and theothers,surprisedandpanicstri,thres. theyantlysecured,andthebridgeonceseized. thefiringstillntihevillage;butinanotherfive ceasedand,shortlyafterh thetidingsthatthevillageans,surprisedin theirbeds,hadofferedbutaslightresistance.fourwerekilled, andsixteentakenprisoners;onefranctire ...