AS THEY CLIMBED UP THEY WERE CLUBBED WITH MUSKETS

HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF FRANCE

THE INVASION OF
FRANCE IN 1814

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN

ILLUSTRATED

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK::::::::::::::::::::::1911

COPYRIGHT, 1889, 1898
BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ As they climbed up they were clubbed with muskets . . . Frontispiece ]

[ There was a general shout of "Long live France!" ]

[ Big Dubreuil; the friend of the allies ]

[ Yégof saluted each phantom with sparkling eyes ]

[ "Let us overwhelm them, as at Blutfeld!" ]