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all the sacredness of the cause you are about to defend. Soldiers! can the nephew of the Emperor rely upon you?'

\"His voice was instantly drowned by unanimous cries of Vive Napoleon! Vive l'Empereur! I then addressed them in the following words:

\"'Resolved to conquer or to die for the cause of the French people, it is to you first that I wish to present myself, because between you and me exist grand recollections. It is in your regiment that the Emperor,


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all the sacredness of the cause you are about to defend. Soldiers! can the nephew of the Emperor rely upon you?'

\"His voice was instantly drowned by unanimous cries of Vive Napoleon! Vive l'Empereur! I then addressed them in the following words:

\"'Resolved to conquer or to die for the cause of the French people, it is to you first that I wish to present myself, because between you and me exist grand recollections. It is in your regiment that the Emperor,


794 of 926