28/61 He will make convulsive jumps; but be calm, and do not let his excitement gain on you, draw him up, _et voila votre diner_." _December 29th._ So we have withdrawn from the plateau of Avron. Our artillery, says the _Journal Officiel_, could not cope with the Krupp cannons, and, therefore, it was thought wise to withdraw them. The fire which the Prussians have rained for the last two days upon this position has not been very destructive of human life. It is calculated that every man killed has cost the Prussians 24,000lbs. |