A Modern LegionaryMethuen & Company, 1904 - 311 páginas |
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... zephyrs , the bad ones who could not be reclaimed to duty , to discipline , or even to decency , and who were sent to form what one might call convict battalions in places to which no one wished to send good soldiers - men who respected ...
... zephyrs , the bad ones who could not be reclaimed to duty , to discipline , or even to decency , and who were sent to form what one might call convict battalions in places to which no one wished to send good soldiers - men who respected ...
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... be treated more like convicts than recruits . I at once remembered what the sergeant whose acquaintance I had first made had said about the zephyrs , the men that could not be reclaimed . I saw them often A MODERN LEGIONARY 19.
... be treated more like convicts than recruits . I at once remembered what the sergeant whose acquaintance I had first made had said about the zephyrs , the men that could not be reclaimed . I saw them often A MODERN LEGIONARY 19.
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... zephyrs and another of the Foreign Legion there is but one way of restoring order - call out the cavalry and the guns . As the Alsatian and I belonged to the same squad the captain contented himself with punishing me slightly and ...
... zephyrs and another of the Foreign Legion there is but one way of restoring order - call out the cavalry and the guns . As the Alsatian and I belonged to the same squad the captain contented himself with punishing me slightly and ...
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... zephyrs , but with none had we much intercourse . This was due to several reasons . We came in hot and tired and with little desire for anything except food and rest , and besides we had to clean up clothes , boots , and arms for the ...
... zephyrs , but with none had we much intercourse . This was due to several reasons . We came in hot and tired and with little desire for anything except food and rest , and besides we had to clean up clothes , boots , and arms for the ...
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... commandant . " For some time after we were busy getting ready to leave Three Fountains , and no one was sorry when we presented arms to a detachment of zephyrs that came G to take our place . As soon as they had A MODERN LEGIONARY 97.
... commandant . " For some time after we were busy getting ready to leave Three Fountains , and no one was sorry when we presented arms to a detachment of zephyrs that came G to take our place . As soon as they had A MODERN LEGIONARY 97.
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