Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922 / 2008-07-04 00:00:00

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MY DAYS OF ADVENTURE
THE FALL OF FRANCE, 1870-71
By Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

Le Petit Homme Rouge
Author of "The Court of the Tuileries 1852-70" etc.

With A Frontispiece
London, 1914


THE PEOPLE'S WAR
O husbandmen of hill and dale,
O dressers of the vines,
O sea-tossed fighters of the gale,
O hewers of the mines,
O wealthy ones who need not strive,
O sons of learning, art,
O craftsmen of the city's hive,
O traders of the man,
Hark to the cannon's thunder-call
Appealing to the brave!
Your France is wounded, and may fall
Beneath the foreign grave!
Then gird your loins! Let none delay
Her glory to maintain;
Drive out the foe, throw off his sway,
Win back your land again!
1870. E.A.V.

PREFACE

While this volume is largely of an autobiographical character, it will be
found to contain also a variety of general information concerning the
Franco-German War of 1870-71, more particularly with respect to the second
part of that great struggle--the so-called "People's War" which followed
the crash of Sedan and the downfall of the Second French Empire.
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