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Mss:766 1754-1898. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
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of troops
that
I
had
eean, and
it
mad.e a more
than
eorrnpond.1ne
impreu-
ion on me •
.
I.t that
t1me
I "lUI
v.uder
the
d.elu.llian that qland could do DO
wrong•
.
a.
dalu.aion, I need not 5"¥ .
tbat
has .1ne8 been 80
rud.~ d1~.lled .
thnt
I ehould nOli' be almost inclined to Bay she could do no right .
The
troops were reviewed by the
~en.
I recollect
that
with all
~
preju-
dice in their favor, I tho\lCht
the)'
marched like puppet,. They had not
that
free , ..
ing
and disinvolture
that
is
80
attractive in French Boldier• •
The
Den great review, altho1.lgh
it
"
a8 not a review , but a
c/UIP . wa. on the road between Canel and
Ehenbaeh.
'!'
he
name of the
place has EllCaped WI, but
thE!
troop' were Pruaelane, and
it
.
as said there
were
80 , 000
of them.
Thi,
alia •• tn referene ... to the Crimean 1I'ar .
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the
1
II08t
interesting and
eJCelt1~
scenee
that
I
nco
1
I'it–
ne..ed yas the entry of
the
French
a.rmy
of
the
Cr1lllea into Paris on
it,
return .
It
'
II'1Ui a grea.t chance for tlut French people to dhplay their
love for the ·,pectacle,' and th1, 'll'a, an occasion that appealed abo
tc their patrio ti$lll and national »r1de . The troope =ched Just as they
Cacfl from
the
field, CfU'r:rill& all their arm. and
c~
'
Q.uipage . The
whole of Pari. turned out and lined the route, follo'll'ed
by
the troop••
':1
I1e .as -.long
the
Boulevard, fro!:! the
~<Jne
Gat, to the Rue
oie
la Pai:l: .
down which th.,. 'puud, throu,gh
the
Place V,ndo_ and then out to the
gar–
den of the Tulller1" bT the
Rue
Ca.ti l ion, . They peeled the Emperor and
hie brilUaut etaff in
the
Place VeDdornl!. 1 had a 'II'indo. 1n the Place
Vend<)l:l.e and sa'll' the whole thing to great advantage, Ever)' hOl,l,le on the
line of march ••, literalLT covered with peopl', and people in an
un_
contrcllable ,tate of
e~cltement .
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laugh.i~
in a breath, chaer-
1
~
and throwing
dolm
wreaths and flower..
.
lB
they paned the ll!Iperor .
t haT saluted
him,
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