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Article LA FAYETTE's STATEMENT OF HIS OWN CONDUCT. ← Page 4 of 4 Article FRENCH BRAVERY. Page 1 of 1
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La Fayette's Statement Of His Own Conduct.
¦ " The herbs of the field , and what was ever deemed refuse to " the human appetite , were thought good enough foj peasants , 41 their nutrition supported corporeal strength to . 1 cert .-un de ^ iee , " from which resistance was not to be feared . To touch tlie fitted « calf , lamb , or capon , amounted to something iikw satr . legj in " him—his betters were readfor dinner—his rich vinevard was
y " barren to him—his charitable eminence wanted more wine than " he could waste himself . " " To turn our eyes from this wretched scene , to the Court , we ' . ' mig ht see a swarm of prismatic shadows , or forms , whose nature " it was to glitter with gaudy colours , in the sunshine of a royal " smileand vanish in the gloom of a frown—a farcical airy group
, " —mere enigmas of entity—such as fancy presents to us iu the " mummery scenes of a distempered dream , incessantly mocking " each other , in the graceful antics of nods , bows , fascinating " smiles , and curtesies , & c . "
French Bravery.
FRENCH BRAVERY .
[/ WITH AN ENGRAVING . ^ £ For the incident that furnishes the subject of tlie accompanying P LATE , we are indebted to the communications of a Brother who deservedly holds a high rank in the British Service . J a Sortie made a few weeks ago from Dunkirka severe
con-IN , test was held for some time with a part ofthe army under His Royal Highness of York . Towards the close ofthe action , and during the retreat of the French , an Officer of cavalry belonging to the garrison perceived a National Standard lying on the ground , either dropped in the flig ht , or fallen from the hands of an Ensign killed or wounded . Though he was himself at the same time most
closely pressed by a detachment , after having twice valiantly cut his way through bodies of Hanoverian infantry , he leaped from his horse , and seizing the Standard , remounted . Scarcely , however , had he seated himself when the pursuers came up , and a grenadier of the British cavalry demanded him as his prisoner , with the surrender of his flag . The French officer replied , that he was
determined to carry it to the fortress , or perish in the attempt . He fought bravely in defence of his charge ; and when at last fortune had given the advantage to his adversary , he persisted in declaring that he would neither be made prisoner , nor give up the colours ; that he knew how to die , but not to dishonour himself or the nation . The result wasthat he actually suffered himself to be shot through
, the head , and thus did this standard fall into our possession . The Duke of York with one of his aids-du-camp came up at the instant , and were spectators of the unexampled bravery and resolution oi this magnanimous son of Mars , S , J » Xx
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
La Fayette's Statement Of His Own Conduct.
¦ " The herbs of the field , and what was ever deemed refuse to " the human appetite , were thought good enough foj peasants , 41 their nutrition supported corporeal strength to . 1 cert .-un de ^ iee , " from which resistance was not to be feared . To touch tlie fitted « calf , lamb , or capon , amounted to something iikw satr . legj in " him—his betters were readfor dinner—his rich vinevard was
y " barren to him—his charitable eminence wanted more wine than " he could waste himself . " " To turn our eyes from this wretched scene , to the Court , we ' . ' mig ht see a swarm of prismatic shadows , or forms , whose nature " it was to glitter with gaudy colours , in the sunshine of a royal " smileand vanish in the gloom of a frown—a farcical airy group
, " —mere enigmas of entity—such as fancy presents to us iu the " mummery scenes of a distempered dream , incessantly mocking " each other , in the graceful antics of nods , bows , fascinating " smiles , and curtesies , & c . "
French Bravery.
FRENCH BRAVERY .
[/ WITH AN ENGRAVING . ^ £ For the incident that furnishes the subject of tlie accompanying P LATE , we are indebted to the communications of a Brother who deservedly holds a high rank in the British Service . J a Sortie made a few weeks ago from Dunkirka severe
con-IN , test was held for some time with a part ofthe army under His Royal Highness of York . Towards the close ofthe action , and during the retreat of the French , an Officer of cavalry belonging to the garrison perceived a National Standard lying on the ground , either dropped in the flig ht , or fallen from the hands of an Ensign killed or wounded . Though he was himself at the same time most
closely pressed by a detachment , after having twice valiantly cut his way through bodies of Hanoverian infantry , he leaped from his horse , and seizing the Standard , remounted . Scarcely , however , had he seated himself when the pursuers came up , and a grenadier of the British cavalry demanded him as his prisoner , with the surrender of his flag . The French officer replied , that he was
determined to carry it to the fortress , or perish in the attempt . He fought bravely in defence of his charge ; and when at last fortune had given the advantage to his adversary , he persisted in declaring that he would neither be made prisoner , nor give up the colours ; that he knew how to die , but not to dishonour himself or the nation . The result wasthat he actually suffered himself to be shot through
, the head , and thus did this standard fall into our possession . The Duke of York with one of his aids-du-camp came up at the instant , and were spectators of the unexampled bravery and resolution oi this magnanimous son of Mars , S , J » Xx