I will conduct you into the most fertile plains in the world. Rich provinces, great cities will be in your power; there you will find honor, glory, and... The Principles of War - Page 31by Ferdinand Foch - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Campbell, Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 424 pages
...language which was calculated to produce effect. " Soldiers," said he, " you are naked and ill-fed : the government owes you much— it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage which you show amidst these rocks, are admirable; but they procure you no glory; no honour is reflected... | |
| William Milligan Sloane - France - 1894 - 790 pages
...Nice, which, onMarch 27, 1 796, fell on the ears of a hungry, eager soldiery and a startled world ? " Soldiers, you are naked, badly fed. The government owes you much ; it can give you nothing. Your long-suffering, the courage you show among these crags, are splendid, but they bring you no glory ;... | |
| Thomas Edward Watson - France - 1902 - 818 pages
...discouraged army that Napoleon was sent ; and it was this army which he thrilled with a trumpetlike proclamation. " Soldiers ! You are naked, badly fed....government owes you much; it can give you nothing. Your endurance, and the courage you have shown, do you credit, but gain you no advantage, get you no glory.... | |
| August Fournier - France - 1903 - 882 pages
...— fell on their ears like a message of deliverance: "Soldiers, you are ill-fed and almost naked; the government owes you much, it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage which you exhibit in the midst of these crags, are worthy of all admiration; but they bring you no... | |
| Theodore Ayrault Dodge - Military art and science - 1904 - 690 pages
...following: — PROCLAMATION. HEADQUARTERS, NICK, 7 Germinal, IV. Soldiers ! You are naked, ill-fed ; the government owes you much, it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage you exhibit in the midst of these rocks, are admirable, but they bring you no glory ; no lustrr is reflected... | |
| Gerald Gilbert - Military art and science - 1907 - 466 pages
...stirring words from a young general just arrived in its midst — " Soldiers ! You are naked, ill-fed ; the Government owes you much, it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage you exhibit in the midst of these rocks, are admirable, but they bring you no glory ; no lustre is reflected... | |
| Wilson Lloyd Bevan - History - 1913 - 520 pages
...now to embark under Napoleon's leadership. " Soldiers," he said, " you are ill-fed and almost naked; the government owes you much; it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage which you exhibit in the midst of these mountains, are worthy of admiration ; but they bring you no... | |
| James Morgan - 1915 - 616 pages
...proclamation disclosed the "lion's paw" that some one has said marked all his messages to his troops : Soldiers: You are naked, badly fed; the government owes you much ; it can give you nothing. Your long suffering, the courage you show among these crags are splendid, but they bring you no glory; not... | |
| Charles Downer Hazen - 1917 - 444 pages
...described the impression. "Soldiers," so ran this bulletin, "soldiers, you are ill-fed and almost naked; the government owes you much, it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage which you exhibit in the midst of these crags, are worthy of all admiration; but they bring you no... | |
| Charles Downer Hazen - France - 1917 - 436 pages
...described the impression. "Soldiers," so ran this bulletin, "soldiers, you are ill-fed and almost naked; the government owes you much, it can give you nothing. Your patience, the courage which you exhibit in the midst of these crags, are worthy of all admiration; but they bring you no... | |
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