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    Child of the Regiment
    Child of the Regiment
    Child of the Regiment
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    Child of the Regiment

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Child of the Regiment - Archive Classics

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      Title: Child of the Regiment

      Author: Anonymous

      Release Date: October 5, 2011 [EBook #37638]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILD OF THE REGIMENT ***

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      CHILD

      OF THE

      REGIMENT.

      NEW YORK:

      P. J. COZANS, PUBLISHER,

      107 NASSAU STREET,

      CORNER OF ANN.

      LITTLE MARY.

      ot many years ago a terrible battle was fought between the soldiers of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrians, at a small village in Italy. The Austrians were severely beaten, and the houses of the village were set on fire by the cannon, and all burned or torn down; the poor villagers were driven from their homes, and thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded, and left to die on the ground; the Austrians tried to get away from the French, but the furious soldiers of Napoleon pursued them with their bayonets, or trampled them to death with their horses.

      In the French army was a regiment of soldiers who were called guards; they were all dressed alike, in blue coats and white pantaloons, trimmed with crimson and gold: they were terrible fellows to fight, and their enemies were very much afraid of them, or they were always in the thickest of the battle, clearing their

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