Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 246
heldthe center: My chil-dren, I rely upon you to save the Empire. Forward! Franceis watching you. Learn how to die for her! And they did; for, with ringing shouts of Longlive the Emperor! the boys then charged thePrussians, and with the bayonets point turnedthe tide of battle and won the day for… … THE EYE OF THE EMPEROR, HE FELT, WAS UPON HIM. (SEE PAGE 763.) It came at last. One day the followingorder, bearing the imperial seal, was deliveredto him: Lieutenant Philip Desnouettes, of the Officers of Or-donnance, is directed to accompany the Empress to May-ence, and to report for duty to the…
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