A Popular History of France From the Earliest Times, volume 6
A Popular History of France From the Earliest Times, volume 6
Guizot (François)
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" [All fiction, it is said. ] The volley of the English laidlow the foremost ranks of the French guards. This regiment had beeneffeminated by a long residence in Paris and at Versailles; its colonel, the Duke of Gramont, had been killed in the morning, at the commencementof the action; it gave way, and the English cleared the ravine whichdefended Fontenoy. They advanced as if on parade; the majors[?sergeant-majors], small cane in hand, rested it lightly on thesoldiers' muskets to direct their f...ire. Several regiments successivelyopposed to the English column found themselves repulsed and forced tobeat a retreat; the English still advanced. Marshal Saxe, carried about everywhere in his osier-litter, saw thedanger with a calm eye; he sent the Marquis of Meuse to the king. "I begyour Majesty, " he told him to say, "to go back with the dauphin over thebridge of Calonne; I will do what I can to restore the battle. " "Ah! Iknow well enough that he will do what is necessary, " answered the king, "but I stay where I am.
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