. Battles of the nineteenth century . ty-one menwounded. The French loss amounted to sixofficers and eighty men. During their short stay in and about Saar-briick the French behaved with great modera-tion. General Frossard, on the evening of theattack, sent for the Mayor of Saarbriick, and toldhim that his orders were very strict againstmarauding, and that if any cases occurred thetownspeople were to take the numbers on thecaps of the evil-doers, when the fellows would beseverely punished. But there was little occasionfor complaint : the French soldiers paid theirway honestly. They did, to be s
. Battles of the nineteenth century . ty-one menwounded. The French loss amounted to sixofficers and eighty men. During their short stay in and about Saar-briick the French behaved with great modera-tion. General Frossard, on the evening of theattack, sent for the Mayor of Saarbriick, and toldhim that his orders were very strict againstmarauding, and that if any cases occurred thetownspeople were to take the numbers on thecaps of the evil-doers, when the fellows would beseverely punished. But there was little occasionfor complaint : the French soldiers paid theirway honestly. They did, to be sure, drink abrewery dry, but the brewer refrained fromreporting them. A corporal attempted to kisspretty Fraulein Sophie—the dame dii comptoir ofthe Rhinescher Hof ; but a captain caught himin the act, ran him off the premises, and himselfkissed the winsome lass. On the morning of the6th the Prussian troops were back again inSaarbriick : the French had gone back to theSpicheren position on the previous night. 27 [^^_-4niiE-^--?» ^.
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