The Conscript - A Story of the French war of 1813

Project Gutenberg's The Conscript, by Émile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 Author: Émile Erckmann Alexandre Chatrian Release Date: February 15, 2010 [EBook #31288] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CONSCRIPT *** Produced by Al Haines War and Glory HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF FRANCE THE CONSCRIPT A STORY OF THE FRENCH WAR OF 1813 TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN ILLUSTRATED CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::::::::::::::: 1911 ILLUSTRATIONS War and glory . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece The dragoon fell heavily "Close up the ranks!" Everything gave way before him In the river the dead were floating by in files "Halt! Stop!" INTRODUCTORY NOTE Instead of following "Madame Thérèse" with stories celebrating the victories of Napoleon and thus appealing to their compatriots' love of glory and military illusions, MM. Erckmann-Chatrian take up next the tragic and far more significant story of 181213.