8/9 Go, Frenchmen, go and conquer! Remember that it is our rights you guard, our homes which you march to defend; our laws which are confided to the points of your unsullied bayonets;--above all, our dear, dear sovereign, around whose throne you rally! "Our feelings overpower us. Men of the 520th, remember your watchword is Gemappes,--your countersign, Valmy." "The Emperor of Russia and his distinguished family quitted the Tuileries this day. His Imperial Majesty embraced his Majesty the King of the French with tears in his eyes, and conferred upon their RR. HH. The venerable monarch was received with deafening cheers by this admirable and disinterested body of men. |