novel
Waterloo
Emile Erckmann (1822–1899), 1893
Named on the page for Battle of Ligny.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Internet Archive.
16 June 1815
Battle of Ligny
PREFACE
It may be recommended as a first reading book in colleges and for those pupils in secondary schools who have already studied Latin or German and as a Second reading book for all others. With this view in mind, the vocabulary has been made as complete as possible, and the English exercises based on the text, very simple. A list of irregular verbs has been added at the end of the book. This edition is con- siderably abridged, but the text itsdf has not at all been altered. It contains the part of the original story which especially deals with the battles of Ligny and Waterloo. A map of the vicinity of Brussels and a plan of the battle of Waterloo will help the reader in following the various military evolutions described in the book.
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trente pas plus loin, le lieutenant Bretonville nous attendait au milieu du piquet. C'est dur de se lever, quand on dort si bien apr^s une marche de dix heures. Tout en bouclant notre sac, nous avions re- 5 joint le piquet. Au bout de deux cents pas, derrifere une haie, je relevai la sentinelle en face de Roly. Le mot d'ordre ^tait : t Jemmapes et Fleurus ! »
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2$ Buche, au milieu des camarades. II pouvait ^tre una heure du matin. C'^tait le jour de la terrible bataille de Ligny. La moitid de ceux qui dormaient Ik de- vaient laisser leurs os dans ces villages que nous voyions, et dans ces grandes plaines si riches en
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lOO. — 22. le lendemain de Ligny i. e. le lendcmain dc la bataille de Ligny,
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