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..................................................... 149 Chapter 2.4.VI. Old-Dragoon Drouet. .............................................................. ...shed into a golden Royal Resi- dence; and Lafayette with his blue National Guards lies encompassing it, as blue Neptune (in the language of po- ets) d... ... it, ‘no Deputy called Mirabeau. ’ (Moniteur, Nos. 65, 86 (29th September, 7th November, 1789).) A man of per- haps inveterate Feudalisms; of stratage... ...g mostly on paper. For the Sol- diers at Jales, being peasants or National Guards, were in heart sworn Sansculottes; and all that the Royalist Cap- ta... ...Camp being visible to the bodily eye, got blown asunder by some Na- tional Guards. Also it has to hear not only of Brissot and his Friends of the Blac... ...stry every where manacled, bewildered; and only Rebellion thriving. Of sub-officers, soldiers and sailors in mutiny by land and water. Of sol- diers, ... ...oiled and moiled to make a little speck of this Earth greener; of Cevennes Dragoonings; of Marlborough going to the war. Four generations have bloomed... ... each end of the street, and death under his eyes, contrives to send for a Dragoon Regiment with orders to charge: the dragoon officers mount; the dra... ...etermined internal friends, adds War-minister Servan; and proposes, on the 7th of June, his Camp of Twenty-thousand. Twenty-thousand National Voluntee...

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...burial-place being thus agreed on, the expedition was prepared, and on the 7th July the “Belle Poule” frigate, in company with “La Favorite” corvette,... ...g prescribed for the English army, the men had their arms reversed and the officers had crape on their arms, with their swords reversed. All the inhab... ...ay, where the Prince de Joinville had stationed himself at the head of the officers of the three French ships of war. The great- est official honors h... ...French marine, any more than a cuirassed colossus at the gate of the Horse Guards can be considered a fair sample of the British soldier of the line. ... ...horse), with their trumpets, stan- dard, and Colonel. Two squadrons of the 7th Lancers, with Colonel, stan- dard, and music. The Commandant of Paris a... ...Mayors of Paris, &c. The Members of the Old Guard, &c. A Squadron of Light Dragoons, &c. Lieutenant-General Schneider, &c. More cavalry, more infantry... ...us for their neatness and discipline. By-and-by came a squad- ron or so of dragoons of the National Guards: they are covered with straps, buckles, agu... ... discipline. By-and-by came a squad- ron or so of dragoons of the National Guards: they are covered with straps, buckles, aguillettes, and cartou- che... ...signals took place between the Commandant of the Invalids, of the National Guards, and the big drum-major. Looking to these troops (the fat Nationals ...

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...rm: “Have they not,”—or perhaps it was, Has she (the Church) not,—”a black dragoon in every parish, on good pay and rations, horse-meat and man’s-meat... ...se-meat and man’s-meat, to patrol and battle for these things?” The “black dragoon,” which naturally at the moment ruffled the general young imaginati... ...iums, and extirpating or coercing to the due pitch those legions of “black dragoons,” of all varieties and purposes, who patrol, with horse-meat and m... ... fields, for Sterling. His Father, Lieu- tenant-General Barton of the Life-guards, an Irish land- lord, I think in Fermanagh County, and a man of conn... ... but appar- ently the Spanish officials were much better informed. Spanish guardships, instantly awake, gave chase to the two small vessels, which wer... ... is afoot, afoot at last; and all the hunters have him in their toils.—The guardships gain upon Torrijos; he can- not even reach Malaga; has to run as... ... have shocked Augustus even more than the defeat of Varus. One of the four officers with Macnaghten was George Lawrence, a brother-in-law of Nat Barto... ... “To Thomas Carlyle, Esq., Chelsea, London. “Ventnor, 7th December, 1843. “My Dear Carlyle,—My Irish Newspaper was not meant as a...

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...iral had carefully chosen ship and captain; there were an excellent set of officers, a good tone among the midshipmen, and Clarence, who was only twel... ...e out in evidence, what my father and the Admiral heard from commiserating officers, and what at different times I learned from Clarence himself. Capt... ... Bill, seemed to have inspired the mob with fury. Griff and his friend the dragoon, while walking in Broad Street, were astonished by a violent rush o... ...hrown after them. But at last the tramp of horses’ feet was heard, and the Dragoons came up. 124 Chantry House ‘W e thought all over then,’ said Grif... ...ade his way to the party headed by the magistrates, and accompanied by the dragoons, and the mob began to flee; but Colonel Brereton had given strict ... ... early on Monday morning would answer his purpose equally well. It was the 7th of June. The Psalm was the 37th—the su- preme lesson of patience. ‘Hold... ...r hot desire to know what they meant, they quoted John, the brother in the Guards, as hav- ing been so droll about poor Ellen’s perfect hero, and espe... ...rs was our great resource; for we did not believe either the sailor or the guardsman to be immaculate, and we knew them to be jealous. We had to remai... ...ccumbed to a cold on the chest caught while his nurse was gossiping with a guardsman. He was buried in London. ‘It was better for Selina to get those ...

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... to say, in the March of the following year, the King held a review of his guards, and of the gendarmerie, at Compiegne, and I mounted guard once at t... ...cely any repose during this siege, what with carrying fascines, furnishing guards, and other daily services, this increase of duty was given to it bec... ... fore their eyes. Marin, a brigadier of cavalry and lieutenant of the body guards, who was there to superintend the opera- tion, noticed me, and full ... ...the Princess could do without it. The marriage was fixed for Saturday, the 7th of December; and, to avoid disputes and difficulties, the King suppress... ...ry high tone, and the illegitimates were much embarrassed. At last, on the 7th of August, the affair was finally accommodated through the intercession... ...very pleasant adventure happened at this review to Count Tesse, colonel of dragoons. Two days previously M. de Lauzun, in the course of chit-chat, ask... ... of our army on the 9th July, at Capri, with five regiments of cavalry and dragoons. Prince Eugene led this attack without his coming being in the lea... ... upon our troops. T esse, who was in the immediate neighbourhood with some dragoons, advanced rapidly upon hearing this, but only with a few dragoons.... ...at was passing 301 Saint-Simon around him. On the night of the 6th to the 7th of Septem- ber, he rose from his bed alarmed by information sent to him...

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...un- der of the knocker at some door, a Tricolor Commissioner with his blue Guards (black-guards!) arriving. All Streets are vacant, says Peltier; bese... ...s (black-guards!) arriving. All Streets are vacant, says Peltier; beset by Guards at each end: all Citizens are ordered to be within doors. On the Riv... ...Election; and will sit in the Convention, notable King-taker, and bold Old-Dragoon as he is. Thus on the North-East all roams and runs; and on a set d... ...n them by frantic Patriots, who mount even on the carriage-steps; the very Guards hardly refraining. Pull up your carriage-blinds!—No! an- swers Patri... ...but that France herself declared war first on both of them; (1st February; 7th March (Moniteur of these dates).)—a point of immense Parliamentary and ... ...n-leaved flourishing, there comes, were it never so slowly, an end. On the 7th of November, a certain Citoyen Parens, Curate of Boissise-le-Bertrand, ... ...y Days Sans-breeches, a Feast of Reason? (Moniteur, Seance du 17 Brumaire (7th November), 1793.) Proper surely! Let Atheist Marechal, Lalande, and lit... ...ulfilled, may shew what spirit one is of. Representative Drouet, as an Old-Dragoon, could fight by a kind of second nature; but he was unlucky. Him, i... ...descending through the night air? It is a huge National Representative Old-dragoon, descending by Paperkite; too rapidly, alas! For Drouet had taken w...

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... was personified in the commissioners, surveyors, comptrollers, and riding officers, whom he happened to know—”the rev- enue-lads can look sharp eneug... ...nd violent measures of’ ejection were resorted to. A strong posse of peace-officers, sufficient to ren- der all resistance vain, charged the inhabitan... ... charged the inhabitants to depart by noon; and, as they did not obey, the officers, in terms of the warrant, proceeded to unroof the cottages, and pu... ... to her husband’s broken beads more than to the presence of a cap- tain of dragoons. She therefore glanced at a tablecloth not quite clean, and conned... ...ith the schoolmaster of Moffat, respecting a disputed quantity in Horace’s 7th Ode, Book ll., the dispute led on to another controversy, concerning th... ...ely judging it the better way to appear totally unconcerned. “Where be our guards?” exclaimed this second Justinian; “see ye not a stranger knight fro... ... arrival there, he saw a confirmation of what the sibyl had hinted. Thirty dragoon horses stood under a shed near the offices, with their bridles link... ... others to escape; shots were fired, and the glittering broadswords of the dragoons began to appear, flashing above the beads of the rioters. “Now,” s...

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...could not act Hamlet alone. There must be generals, colo- nels, commanding-officers, subalterns. But what are the pri- vate soldiers to do? Many have ... ...ven. A few choice spirits, however, rallied round Captain Broadhead of the 7th Hussars, who was called to the chair, and the festivity was prolonged t... ...day morning. The band of the Theatre occupied the gallery, and that of the 7th Hussars the end of the room, opposite the chair, whose performances wer... ...I. Scene 1 of the First Part of Shakespeare’s Henry IV.] the succession of guards forms a dynasty in their eyes; coachmen are their ministers of state... ... a kind one, and comes of a good stem. It may be, he can prom- ise for our officers that they will touch me with no infamous punishment; and if they o... ...considered as having broken his word, and betrayed the con- fidence of his officers? and whom but Hamish Bean MacTavish would the Gael accuse for havi... ...hese Memoirs may serve for both), I presently rose, and ordered thirty-six dragoons to be at the place appointed by break of day. When 206 Chronicles... ... found him in one of the farmers’ houses, just as I happened to dream. The dragoons first searched all the rooms below without success, till two of th... ...use. Steele suddenly opening the door, fired a blunderbuss down at the two dragoons, as they were coming up the stairs; but the bullets grazing agains...

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...lcons upon a perch, the other a hunting-horn, which he blew with a careless note at twenty paces from the castle. Every one about this listless prince... ...anged his dress, and as Madame had not yet sent orders respecting breakfast, Monsieur stretched himself upon a chaise longue, and was soon as fast asl... ... write. Thence the thousand cries, the thousand railleries, the thousand laughs, one of which, more brilliant than the rest, had startled the birds in... ...the steps of the maitre d’hotel. The noise of quick steps, an odor of wine and vi- ands, a clinking of crystal and plates, warned them that they were ... ...sty is about to pay me the honor of passing a day at Blois; I depend upon the 18 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 king, my nephew, not having to repent of t... ...ung man again, and who contrived to pay him two or three little soldierly compliments, savoring very little of the grocer’s shop. But as Raoul was ret... ...litary pourpoint, a very small hat on his head, but a long shagreen-mounted sword by his side, turned his head as soon as he heard the steps of the ho... ..., then; leave your horse, or make them give me one.” “I prefer coming back on foot with you.” Raoul hastened to give notice to the cornet, who took hi... ...en, and distribute the employ- ment of it! Art. 1st, Athos; Art. 2d, the Image-de-Notre- Dame; Art. 3d, M. Fouquet, Art. 4th, M. Colbert; Art. 5th, su...

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...er died of wounds in the service, and Matey naturally intended to join the Dragoons; if he could get enough money to pay for mess, he said, laughing. ... ... the Peninsula; I was at Talavera with him. Bad day for our cavalry.” “Our officers were young at their work then.” “They taught the Emperor’s troops ... ...ture of the dialogue. She grew more spirited. “Mr. Shalders has joined the Dragoons, has he?” “The worthy man has a happy imagination. He goes through... ...men of my age or older for the 57 George Meredith cavalry—heavy losses of officers.” She spoke, as if urged by a sting to revert to the distasteful: ... ...poleon’s tactics, his command to the troopers to “give point,” and English officers’ neglect of sword exercise, and the “devil of a day” Old England i... ...al household, Mrs. Lawrence informed the company that she had seen a Horse Guards orderly at the trot up the street. Weyburn said he was directing a b... ...boy’s copybook writing, to General the Earl of Ormont, I.C.B., etc., Horse Guards, London.’ The earl’s eyebrows creased up over the address; they came... ... sheet of paper; upon the transmission of which empty thing from the Horse Guards my lord com- mented: ‘An orderly!’ Weyburn scanned it rapidly, for t... ...ad been served. The contents were these: ‘High Brent Near Artswell. ‘April 7th. ‘T o General the Earl of Ormont ‘Cavalry. ‘May it please your Lordship...

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...hus- band belongs.” “In what regiment did Monsieur de Reybert serve?” “The 7th artillery.” “Good!” said the count, writing down the number. He had tho... ...appened during the French occupation of Illyria to one of our most gallant officers of artillery?” said the count, slyly. “And you believed that artil... ...ged with blue, also new. His staff was made up of clerks coming from other officers, without mutual ties, and surprised, as one may say, to find thems... ...e were three invited persons besides the clerks, to wit: an old captain of dragoons, 130 A Start in Life named Giroudeau; Finot, a journalist who mig... ...ir names found promotion difficult. Oscar’s sole ambition was to leave the Guards and be appointed sub-lieutenant in a regiment of the cavalry of the ...

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...that the Queen was at Slough) was let off, and then 17 Yo n g e some Life Guards came galloping along, and one of them ran almost over me, and actual... ...&c. Then F— and I made a rush to get up behind the Queen’s carriage, but a dragoon with his horse almost knocked us over. So we ran by the side as wel... ...f the little ship, which took the party first to Nelson, where Sunday, the 7th of October, was spent, the Bishop going ashore while Patteson held a se... ...ross “ appeared yesterday morning in harbour, I was told by several of the officers and other residents that they feared we had put back from foul wea... ...but he says we shall not die like that, but rise up again.’ On Monday, the 7th of October, Grera was revisited, and Toto, a last year’s scholar, came ... ...f comfort, claims of society, &c. ‘Would the general of an army say to his officers, “Pray, gentlemen, don’t dirty your boots or fatigue your horses t... ...uch about them, and about you, are my real helps.’ The voyage ended on the 7th of December. It was the last made under the guidance of the Bishop of N... ...specially now, when almost all the south of England is so sadly in want of officers to command the Church’s army. Exeter, Bath and Wells, Salisbury, C...

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..................................................... 278 Chapter 2.4.VI. Old-Dragoon Drouet. .............................................................. ...inexorable! Yes, poor Louis, Death has found thee. No palace walls or life-guards, gorgeous tapestries or gilt buckram of stiffest ceremonial could ke... ...owards him in floods, with such hissing vehemence, that the Captain of the Guards has to give order, “Haut les armes (Handle arms)!”—at which thunder-... ...ion: orders out the Gardes Suisses with two pieces of artillery. The Swiss Guards shall proceed thither; summon that rabble to depart, in the King’s n... ... with drawn sabre: but the people gently ‘laid hold of their bridles;’ the dragoons sheathed their swords; lifted their caps by way of salute, and sat... ...r swords; lifted their caps by way of salute, and sat like mere statues of dragoons,— except indeed that a drop of liquor being brought them, they ‘dr... ...ns in many a heart; penetrating inwards to the very purse! So early as the 7th of August, a Don Patriotique, ‘a Patriotic Gift of jewels to a consider... ...e it, ‘no Deputy called Mirabeau.’ (Moniteur, Nos. 65, 86 (29th September, 7th No- vember, 1789).) A man of perhaps inveterate Feudalisms; of stratage... ...etermined internal friends, adds War-minister Servan; and proposes, on the 7th of June, his Camp of Twenty-thousand. Twenty-thousand National Vol- unt...

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...inexorable! Yes, poor Louis, Death has found thee. No palace walls or life-guards, gorgeous tapestries or gilt buckram of stiffest ceremonial could ke... ... wards him in floods, with such hissing vehemence, that the Captain of the Guards has to give order, “Haut les armes (Handle arms)!”—at which thunder-... ...nate overfallen by Brennus; some to that of a nest of coiners surprised by officers of the Police. (Besenval, iii. 355.) Messieurs, said D’Agoust, De ... ...as adjusted. Ever new strangers ar- rive; loungers, miscellaneous persons, officers on fur- lough,—as the worthy Captain Dampmartin, whom we hope to b... ...ion: orders out the Gardes Suisses with two pieces of artillery. The Swiss Guards shall proceed thither; sum- mon that rabble to depart, in the King’s... ... with drawn sabre: but the people gently ‘laid hold of their bridles;’ the dragoons sheathed their swords; lifted their caps by way of salute, and sat... ...r swords; lifted their caps by way of salute, and sat like mere statues of dragoons,—except indeed that a drop of liquor being brought them, they ‘dra... ...lacards of enormous size’? Above all, what means this clatter of military; dragoons, hussars, rattling in from all points of the compass towards the P... ... in many a heart; penetrat- ing inwards to the very purse! So early as the 7th of Au- gust, a Don Patriotique, ‘a Patriotic Gift of jewels to a con- s...

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...ou to say a word to the Em- peror, and then he would be transferred to the Guards at once?” said she. “Believe me, Princess, I am ready to do all I ca... ...nnections. She had now come to Petersburg to procure an appointment in the Guards for her only son. It was, in fact, solely to meet Prince V asili tha... ...er’s memory, I will do the impossible—your son shall be transferred to the Guards. Here is my hand on it. Are you satisfied?” “My dear benefactor! Thi... ...ly hair and light-blue eyes. He was about twenty-five. Like all in- fantry officers he wore no mustache, so that his mouth, the most striking feature ... ...ked through the ranks, sometimes stop- ping to say a few friendly words to officers he had known in the Turkish war, sometimes also to the soldiers. L... ...- tion. Our infantry were stationed there, and at the far- thest point the dragoons. In the center, where Tushin’s battery stood and from which Prince... ...old their position till reserves from the center come up. In that case the dragoons could successfully make a flank counterattack. If they attack our ... ... crackling of musketry was heard, and much farther to the right beyond the dragoons, the officer of the suite pointed out to Bagration a French column... ...o enter that temple of virtue to a vision of which I attained in my dream. 7th December I dreamed that Joseph Alexeevich was sitting in my house, and ...

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...e of arms of service and regiments. I was anxious to enter the cavalry, or dragoons as they were then called, but there was only one regiment of drago... ...east four brevet second lieutenants. I recorded therefore my first choice, dragoons; second, 4th infantry; and got the latter. Again there was a furlo... ...ke the uniform until I no- tified him whether it was to be for infantry or dragoons. Notice did not reach me for several weeks, and then it took at le... ...ompanies of light artillery, five regiments of infantry —the 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th—and one regiment of artillery acting as infan- try—not more tha... ...ond-lieutenant, 4th in- 39 U. S. Grant fantry, to full second-lieutenant, 7th infantry. Frank Gardner, 1 of the 7th, was promoted to the 4th in the ... ... found that our application had been approved at W ashington. While in the 7th infantry I was in the company of Captain Holmes, afterwards a Lieutenan... ...isabled per- sons. The regiment, with the exception of one company left as guards to the public property—camp and garrison equi- page principally—and ... ... Then I gathered up all the troops at Cairo and Fort Holt, except suitable guards, and moved them down the river on steamers convoyed by two gunboats,... ... reason to believe that this privilege was abused, but it familiarized our guards so much with the sight of Confederates passing to and fro that I hav...

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...un, if discovered, would have been taken out of the horse-barracks, or the dragoon-saddle. She had the firmness, therefore, for many years, to resist ... ...h the warrior lady, the blooming cornet, this nun that is so martial, this dragoon that is so lovely, must visit again the home of her childhood, whic... ... Latin, which, probably, had not been much improved by riding in the Light Dragoons. I must find time, however, whether the press and the compositors ... ...ts, spurs, sabre, and sabretache; in fact, anything that she and the Horse Guards might agree upon. Consequently, reader, remember for your life never... ...diminishing the chances of escape, and perhaps, also, as the misery of the guards gradually withdrew their attention from all minor in- terests to the... ...pose. But his resignation to the appointments of Heaven, in dismissing his guards, as feeling that against a danger so domestic and so mysterious, all... ...the cause. The accidental occasion, which made that cause operative on the 7th of October, might or might not be what Mr. W . says. But in Kant’s burt... ...s were to commence in an October or a November. 373 Thomas de Quincey the 7th of October, at dinner, he ate little else, in spite of everything that ... ...ver escaped him. I now visited him three times a-day; and on Tuesday, Feb. 7th, going about dinner-time, I found the usual party of friends sitting do...

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...I to under- stand that you blame the father for profiting by these, or the officers for granting them? In either case, it is a mighty Spar- tan standa... ...is measures were most energetic. Dalzell was ordered away to the West, the guards round the city were doubled, officers and soldiers were forced to ta... ...zell was ordered away to the West, the guards round the city were doubled, officers and soldiers were forced to take the oath of alle- giance, and all... ...s were commanded to give in their names. Sharpe, surrounded with all these guards and pre- cautions, trembled– trembled as he trembled when the aveng-... ...turne me, which they heartilie wished. I answered to them that I was under guards, and that if they intended to heare that sermon, it was prob- able I... ... the pro spectus of the Pasus Linguae; or, The College T atler; and on the 7th the first number appeared. On Friday the 2nd of April ‘Mr. Tatler becam... ... hills and morasses, haunted only by the so-called Mountain Wanderers, the dragoons that came in chase of them, the women that wept on their dead bodi... ...d it began to be ill days for Montroymont when the Bishops came in and the dragoons at the heels of them. Ninian (then laird) was an anxious husband o... ...every test and took advantage of every indulgence; went and drank with the dragoons in Balweary; attended the com- munion and came regularly to the ch...

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...e. King T om knew every inch of the Mediterranean, and was a terror to the officers of the watch. He would come on deck at night; and with his broad S... ...de la Madeleine, near where we live’ [in the Rue Caumartin] ‘a squadron of dragoons came up, formed, and charged at a hand-gallop. This was a very pre... ...retty sight; the crowd was not too thick, so they easily got away; and the dragoons only gave blows with the back of the sword, which hurt but did not... ... a man, and difficulty enough we had to keep him from joining the National Guards – his pride and spirit were both fired. You cannot picture to yourse... ...ere both fired. You cannot picture to yourself the multitudes of soldiers, guards, and armed men of all sorts we watched – not close to the window, ho... ...the city. But they had friends and interests; even the captain had English officers to keep him company, for Lord Hardwicke’s ship, the vengeance, lay... ... pense.’ With the end of that time, peace was restored. On Tuesday morning officers with white flags appeared on the bastions; then, regiment by regim... ...od. Thus ends our first expedition. By some odd chance a Times of June the 7th has found its way on board through the agency of a wretched old peasant... ...ones hold [our electric] batteries capitally. A handsome young Bashibazouk guards it, and a still hand- somer mountaineer is the servant; so I draw th...

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...ction of Affairs. — Death of the Elector Palatine. — Revolt of the Swedish Officers. — Duke Bernhard takes Ratisbon. — Wallenstein enters Silesia. — F... ...lf of these to fly by night from the capital, with his wife, and the chief officers of his army. This flight was so hurried, that the Prince of Anhalt... ...tructed by the ablest masters. His antichamber was protected by fifty life guards. His table never consisted of less than 100 covers, and his senescha... ... Mulda, while the Elec- tor returned homeward. Early on the morning of the 7th September, 1631, the hostile armies came in sight of each 199 Friedric... ...self on the opposite bank, when he was attacked by 14 squadrons of Spanish dragoons and cuirassiers. Superior as the en- emy was in number, Count Brah... ...nstein. Not content with sparing his es- tates on his march, he now placed guards over his palace, in Prague, to prevent the plunder of any of his eff... ...f the day, when Pappenheim appeared on the field, with his cuirassiers and dragoons; all the advantages already gained were lost, and the battle was t... ...nd death! To seize such a man, like a common criminal, in the midst of the guards by whom he was surrounded, and in a city ap- parently devoted to him... ... the Castle, all the avenues leading from it guarded, and six of Buttler’s dragoons concealed in an apartment close to the banqueting-room, who, on a ...