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of his exploits, he would keep his small craft in shoal water where his opponents could not go, and when hard pushed, beach, his craft and play horse-marine. Oh, how all this early life unrolled itself as of yesterday. Later on Garibaldi won his admiration, when they met as soldiers; then enlisting under him he became his aid. How dexterously the new General handled the broadsword, but with a straight sword at point and fence he was nowhere. As for Garibaldi's military capacity, it consisted in... strategy. He had no tactics. The wine of youth stirred the blood of mature age, as the Admiral recalled the excitement of the feints, surprises, guet-a-pcns, then the sudden full gallop-charge ; flanking and turning a point on an opposing force, was Garibaldi's forte. What magnificent irregular clashes he had made with him, Bashi-Bazouk way ! Garibaldi had no equal at that sort of thing, at the head of one thousand men. He did not care to encumber himself with ar- THE EOBBERY OF A KINGDOM. 235 tillery, he deemed it slow old woman's work.
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