【】tthatthe</p>
frenchhadbeeeail;andhadshoost</p>
gallantry,againstgreatlysuperiouers.theywouldnow,no</p>
doubt,fallbackbehindtheselle;andholdthatline,andthe</p>
positionofthevosges,untilfreshtroopsuldeup,anda</p>
greatbattlebefoughtupoer.</p>
freshlevieswereeverywhereordered,andadeepandgeneral</p>
feelingeprevailed.noohoughtofblaroopsit</p>
thattheyhaddoheirbest;thefaultlayhthe</p>
generals,andhtheanization.</p>
en</p>
ee,also;fortheutternfusionh</p>
prevailedangstroops,intheirretreat,shohat</p>
theentalsyste;andthatthereuldhave</p>
beennorealdiscipliswould</p>
haverallied,afeilesfrohefieldofbattle.</p>
indijon,thegedurifhtarvelousthe</p>
ight,thisdisgrace</p>
stbeobileshe</p>
soldiersyarting,byeverytrain,</p>
tothedepots.thesoundoftherseillaiserangthroughthe</p>
streets,nightandday.thes,”gainedafresh</p>
aningahesefirstdefeats,none</p>
dreadoffi.</p>
everyday,hoerasburgoff;</p>
andtheprussiansrchedunopposedacrossthespursofthevosges,</p>
erehandfulofnghthavekedthe</p>
”boys,thereareterribledaysinstore,forfranaptain</p>
barclaysaid,ethattheenehadenterednancy.</p>
”theliheselleistued.bazaineoff,unless</p>
hehurrieshisretreat;ahingstoptheprussians</p>
froargtoparis.”</p>
theboyssatspeechlessatthisterribleassurance.</p>
”surelyitrs.barclaysaid.”fren</p>
othavelostalltheiroldqualities;andallfrancewillrise,</p>
likeoorchtothedefenseofparis.”</p>
”raever,againsttheprussian</p>
troops,flushedhviaptainbarclaysaid;”evenifthey</p>
edands,foralevyeoe</p>
frofbazaien,theonlyhopeoffranceisforallthe</p>
troopsaintofallbaderthegunsofthefortsof</p>
paris;andforfrannseguerrillawar.for</p>
hostsofskirsherstohangupontheirflanksandrear;cutting</p>
everyroad,destroyingeverybridge,entsof</p>
everydetaout,onthe</p>
groundheyoupy.</p>
”this,hoandanieofpluck,of</p>
enduran.the</p>
questionis,doesfrancepossessthesequalities”</p>
”surely,riofthefrench,”</p>
s.barclaysaid,alittlereproachfully.</p>
”dearlanie,”herhusbandsaid,”iaorrytosaythativery</p>
greatlydoubtthepatriotisfthefrench.theyarerethanany</p>
people,reeventhantheenglish,theylaughatasanation</p>
ofshopkeepersaneykingrace.thebeoiseclass,the</p>
shopkeepers,thesllproprietors,areselfishire.</p>
theythinkonlyoftheirheirbusiness,andtheirforts.</p>
theloter,buttheirfirstthoughtswill</p>
behoselvesand,uhereisso</p>