A Popular History of France From the Earliest Times V6 of 6
A Popular History of France From the Earliest Times V6 of 6
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
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He had advanced some distance from his men, and happened tostumble upon a large force of the enemy. The Prince of Brunswick waspreparing to attack. All the muskets covered the young captain. "Stir, and thou'rt a dead man, " muttered threatening voices. Without replying, M. D'Assas collected all his strength and shouted, "Auvergne! Here arethe foe!" At the same instant he fell pierced by twenty balls. [Accounts differ; but this is the tradition of the Assas family. ] Theaction thus begun was a g...lorious one. The hereditary prince was obligedto abandon the siege of Wesel and to recross the Rhine. The Frenchdivisions maintained their positions. [Illustration: Death of Chevalier D'Assas----233] The war went on as bloodily as monotonously and fruitlessly, but the faceof Europe had lately altered. The old King George II. , who died on the25th of September, 1760, had been succeeded on the throne of England byhis grandson, George III. , aged twenty-two, the first really nativesovereign who had been called to reign over England since the fall of theStuarts.
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