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Many times Ralph could hear groans; and saw, in places, dark forms thickly scattered over the ground showing where a stand had been made, or where a regiment had lain exposed, for hours, to an artillery fire. The distance was considerable to the place Ralph had marked out for himself. Eight miles, at least, he thought; for it was away behind what had, two days before, been Chanzy's left.
The weather was most severe in the region of his operations, and the sufferings of his men were quite as great as if not greater than those of Chanzy's troops. There were nights when men lay down to sleep, and never awoke again. On January 15,16, and 17 there was a succession of engagements on the Lisaine, known collectively as the battle of Hericourt.
If there was a lack of concentration on Chanzy's part, if he sent out one and another flying column, and distributed a considerable portion of his army over a wide area, it was precisely because he feared some turning movement on the part of the Germans, which might result in bottling him up at Le Mans.
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