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The French and British officers met on the day before the battle for friendly frater- nizing ; the British asked the French to shoot first , to which the French replied , " We never shoot first ! " Though on the next day the British did ...
The French and British officers met on the day before the battle for friendly frater- nizing ; the British asked the French to shoot first , to which the French replied , " We never shoot first ! " Though on the next day the British did ...
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When the British arrived at about thirty paces from the French line , there was a pause . Lord Charles Hay stepped to the front of his battalion and made a sweeping salute with his plumed hat . Then he took out a pocket flask and ...
When the British arrived at about thirty paces from the French line , there was a pause . Lord Charles Hay stepped to the front of his battalion and made a sweeping salute with his plumed hat . Then he took out a pocket flask and ...
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French officers are very well brought up indeed to come here to serve the United States without first having been invited ! Last year , it is true , we needed some French officers , but now we have many of them , and very experi- enced ...
French officers are very well brought up indeed to come here to serve the United States without first having been invited ! Last year , it is true , we needed some French officers , but now we have many of them , and very experi- enced ...
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Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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