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De Frontenac's eyes flashed, and a quick answer seemed for an instant to tremble upon his lips, but with an effort the fiery old man restrained himself. "Your Majesty will learn best whether I am a soldier or not," said he, "by asking those who have seen me at Seneffe, Mulhausen, Salzbach, and half a score of other places where I had the honour of upholding your Majesty's cause."
"Where could they be more honourably interred," says he, "than amidst those old soldiers, the companions of their fatigues, who, like themselves, had lavished their blood for their country?" At the age of sixty-four, TURENNE was killed by a cannon-ball, while reconnoitring the enemy's batteries near the village of Salzbach in Germany, on the 27th of July, 1675.
"Ah!" said Brother Rotgier, "if we had Markward Salzbach with us, or Shomberg who killed Witold's whelps, he would find some remedy against Jurand. Witold was the king's viceroy and a grand duke! Notwithstanding that, Shomberg was not punished. He killed Witold's children, and went scot-free! Verily, there is great lack among us of people who can find a remedy for everything."
Spite of his modest reserve, he felt sure of victory. "This time I have them," he kept saying; "they cannot escape me." On the 27th of June, 1675, in the morning, Turenne ordered an attack on the village of Salzbach. The young Count of St.
In youth his ambition was as boundless as the horizon; he worshipped his sword and loved the terrors of battle. Fortune smiled on his hopes, and he moved on from grade to grade, until he became commander of a division. He was present at the fatal field of Salzbach, where the great General Turenne fell in the commencement of the battle.
And Rotgier raised his hands and said: "May God bless you, pious brother, because neither Markward Salzbach, nor Shomberg could find better means." Then he half closed his eyes, as if he saw something afar. "I see Jurand," said he, "with a rope around his neck, standing at the Gdansk gate in Marienburg and our knechts are kicking him." "And the girl will become a servant of the Order," said Hugo.
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