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«La plus profonde tranchée de ce pays est, sans contredit, celle ou coule la Meuse, qui, malgré la dureté des roches d'ardoise et de quartz au travers desquelles elle passe, a coupé le terrain depuis Charleville jusqu'â Givet,
O'Brien requesting him to take charge of me, he called the woman of the cabaret to show him a room; she showed him one or two, which he refused, as not sufficiently safe for the prisoner. The woman laughed at the idea, observing, "What had he to fear from a pauvre enfant like me?" "Yet this pauvre enfant escaped from Givet," replied O'Brien; "these Englishmen are devils from their birth."
"Success, death, or flight is all that is left to me now." With these letters Calvert proceeded on his way to Namur, Givet, and Trèves, where different detachments of Lafayette's troops were garrisoned.
From Toulon we were moved to Montpelier, and from Montpelier to Givet, a fortified town in the department of Ardennes, where we arrived exactly four months after our capture. III. We Make Our Escape O'Brien had decided at once that we should make our escape from the prison at Givet.
The danger of a surprise was over, and he did not wish to risk another battle, particularly as he was unable to see the necessity of extending his own lines. Therefore, the Belgian troops fell back upon their line of defense and the battle was over. Chester, upon the express command of General Givet, had not been allowed to take part in the battle.
Where you are, will I be; and if we can't go to England together, why then we'll go back to that blackguard hole at Givet together. Ochone! Ochone!" O'Brien spoke no more, but burst into tears. I was much affected with this proof of O'Brien's sincere regard, and I came to his side and clasped him in my arms. O'Brien stared at me, "Who are you, you ugly Dutch frow?"
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The real theater extended from Huningue to Dunkirk, and comprised three zones of operations, the first reaching along the Rhine from Huningue to Landau, and thence to the Moselle; the center consisting of the interval between the Meuse and Moselle; the third and left was the frontier from Givet to Dunkirk.
The Colonel assured the Count that he was ordered to obey his commands in everything, and to give battle to the Marechal de Chatillon, who commanded the army of France upon the Meuse. As the undertaking at Paris depended entirely on the success of such a battle, the Count thought it fitting that I should go along with Meternic to Givet, where I found the army in a very good condition.
When Chester opened his eyes to the world again he was propped up on General Givet's own bed, and the Belgian commander and a Belgian surgeon were leaning over him. "Awake at last, eh?" said General Givet, with a smile, as Chester opened his lips to speak. "You had a narrow squeak, and no mistake. And to think that a young lad like you should be the means of saving my life!"
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