The Great Invasion of 1813 14 Or After Leipzig Being a Story of the Entry O
The Great Invasion of 1813 14 Or After Leipzig Being a Story of the Entry O
Emile Erckmann
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But that over, at the end of five minutes, Kasper and Frantz fixed their long bayonets at the end of their carbines, then stepped stealthily about twenty paces backwards into the covert. They reached a rock of fifteen to twenty feet high, which Materne ascended, beiug unarmed; then, after a few words, exchanged in a low voice, Kasper examined his priming, and slosvly took aim, while his brother stood close at hand. One of the Cossacks, the same who was letting his horse drink, was about a hundr...ed paces off. As Kasper's shot awoke the deep echoes of the gorge, the Cossack, rolling over the head of his steed, disappeared beneath the ice of the lake. It is impossible to describe the stupefied surprise of his comrades when they heard the shot and witnessed its effect. They stared about them in every direction as the echo gradually died away, while a thick puff of smoke appeared above the cluster of trees where the huntsmen were. Kasper, in less than a quarter of a minute, had re-loaded his gun ; but, in the same space of time, the Cossacks, who had alighted, leapt upon their horses, and set off at full speed in the direction of the Hartz, 142 The Great Invasion ; or, following one behind the other like roebucks, and shouting wildly, " Hurrah !
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