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Won by the Sword

CHAPTER IX: HONOURS
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I have never seen Paris, and greatly do I long to do so.

How they will shout when they hear the news we bring!" "It will not be altogether news to them, Paolo.

La Moussaie, Enghien's intimate friend, who acted as his aide-de-camp during the battle, was sent off ten minutes after the fight ended with a paper, on which the prince had pencilled that he had utterly defeated the enemy.

He will change horses at every post, and will be in Paris by this evening.

We bear the official despatches, giving a full account of the battle, and of the total destruction of the Spanish infantry, with no doubt a list of the nobles and gentlemen who have fallen.


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