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Death Of The Great Marshal Turenne.
dear , leave me . God will dispose of me as he pleases . Mount your horse again . I insist on your doing so . Go , do your duty ; and I desire to live only long enough to be assured that you have done it well . ' My father resisted all the entreaties I made to him , to permit me to stay with him till a surgeon came , and he could be taken off the ground : I was under the necessity of obeying himand of leaving
, him in the arms of my brother . I galloped away to our batteries , to make them fire , in hopes of avenging the loss which my country and myself had sustained . Some officers of the army , whom I saw afterwards , assured me , tlt 3 , t the person , who had fired that cannon so fatal to our army , had been killedthe same dayby one of our field-pieces . Weindeed
, , , , soon after the death of M . de . Turenne , heard a great cry on the height where was the left wing of the enemy , and we saw an officer fall , apparently struck by one of our field-pieces . He was immediately surrounded by a number of persons , who took him up : but he was not hurt ; the head of his horse only was taken off . We were informed that it was M . de Montecuculi himself ( the General of the
army of the enemy ) who had escaped such imminent danger . It is impossible to imagine the alarm , and the consternation , with which an army is affected , who lose , in the very sight of the enemy , a General , on whom it has the most reliance , and whom it has as much reason to love as to respect . The first emotion which every
soldier in our army felt , on learning of the death of M . cle Turenne , was an impetuous desire to avenge it , by immediately attacking the enemy . Whatever danger there mi ght be in doing this , it ceased to be dreaded ; whatever difficulties mi ght arise , they were immediately surmounted . In the midst of all this ardour , which animated every heart , terror and indignation were still impressed upon every countenance ; and that griefwhich weihed down the soulunnerved
, g , every arm , and rendered the body motionless . I could not pass near six or seven -soldiers or officers together , without seeing that they were shedding tears . The two Lieutenant-Generals , not agreeing well together , were in a state of uncertainty and perplexity . One of them wished to give the enemy battle ; the other , more prudent , kept him back ; and it was not till after a very violent dispute , that
they agreed to attempt nothing that day at least . The enemy were informed of the death of M . de Turenne by one of our dragoons , who deserted to them on purpose to acquaint them with it . It is well known that M . de Montecuculi could not conceal the joy he felt , at being delivered from so formidable an enemy ; and that he ' could not hel iving the spot too public and too visible si of that at
p g on gns joy , which he afterwards was obliged to blush , when he " wrote to his ' Sovereign , the Emperor , on the death of this great Commander : for , after having congratulated him on that event , he added , 'that he was still obliged to regret a man like M , de Turenne , who had done so much honour to human nature . ' '
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Death Of The Great Marshal Turenne.
dear , leave me . God will dispose of me as he pleases . Mount your horse again . I insist on your doing so . Go , do your duty ; and I desire to live only long enough to be assured that you have done it well . ' My father resisted all the entreaties I made to him , to permit me to stay with him till a surgeon came , and he could be taken off the ground : I was under the necessity of obeying himand of leaving
, him in the arms of my brother . I galloped away to our batteries , to make them fire , in hopes of avenging the loss which my country and myself had sustained . Some officers of the army , whom I saw afterwards , assured me , tlt 3 , t the person , who had fired that cannon so fatal to our army , had been killedthe same dayby one of our field-pieces . Weindeed
, , , , soon after the death of M . de . Turenne , heard a great cry on the height where was the left wing of the enemy , and we saw an officer fall , apparently struck by one of our field-pieces . He was immediately surrounded by a number of persons , who took him up : but he was not hurt ; the head of his horse only was taken off . We were informed that it was M . de Montecuculi himself ( the General of the
army of the enemy ) who had escaped such imminent danger . It is impossible to imagine the alarm , and the consternation , with which an army is affected , who lose , in the very sight of the enemy , a General , on whom it has the most reliance , and whom it has as much reason to love as to respect . The first emotion which every
soldier in our army felt , on learning of the death of M . cle Turenne , was an impetuous desire to avenge it , by immediately attacking the enemy . Whatever danger there mi ght be in doing this , it ceased to be dreaded ; whatever difficulties mi ght arise , they were immediately surmounted . In the midst of all this ardour , which animated every heart , terror and indignation were still impressed upon every countenance ; and that griefwhich weihed down the soulunnerved
, g , every arm , and rendered the body motionless . I could not pass near six or seven -soldiers or officers together , without seeing that they were shedding tears . The two Lieutenant-Generals , not agreeing well together , were in a state of uncertainty and perplexity . One of them wished to give the enemy battle ; the other , more prudent , kept him back ; and it was not till after a very violent dispute , that
they agreed to attempt nothing that day at least . The enemy were informed of the death of M . de Turenne by one of our dragoons , who deserted to them on purpose to acquaint them with it . It is well known that M . de Montecuculi could not conceal the joy he felt , at being delivered from so formidable an enemy ; and that he ' could not hel iving the spot too public and too visible si of that at
p g on gns joy , which he afterwards was obliged to blush , when he " wrote to his ' Sovereign , the Emperor , on the death of this great Commander : for , after having congratulated him on that event , he added , 'that he was still obliged to regret a man like M , de Turenne , who had done so much honour to human nature . ' '