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...hat Purpose? 4 Gliders Head Into Combat. 5 Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in Britain 12 OPERATIONAL USE OF GLIDERS 13 Germany 13 Early Commando Raids 14 Crete 15 Other Operations 16 US and Great Britain 17 Sicily 17 British Gliders are First to Normandy 24 US Glider Pilots Join the War in France 20 Disa...

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...hat Purpose? 4 Gliders Head Into Combat. 5 Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in Britain 12 OPERATIONAL USE OF GLIDERS 13 Germany 13 Early Commando Raids 14 Crete 15 Other Operations 16 US and Great Britain 17 Sicily 17 British Gliders are First to Normandy 24 US Glider Pilots Join the War in France 20 Disa...

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...ember 3rd, 1864 “We have seen our courthouse in chains, two battalions of dragoons, eight companies of artillery, twelve companies of infantry, the ... ... They bow over a map. Immediately, I sense that their secret codes are in operation. They guess that I am suspicious; I see that when a lieutenant t...

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...m to the T uileries, and was appointed to the command of a squadron in the dragoons of the Guard. After the battle of Waterloo—in which he was slightl... ...educed from the salary of nine thousand francs (paid to a commander in the dragoons of the Imperial Guard) to a half- pay of three hundred francs a mo... ...the grand brother, whom he had beheld in the green and gold uniform of the dragoons of the Guard, command- ing his squadron on the Champ de Mars? Agat... ...ph adored his mother; Philippe let his mother adore him. T owards her, the dragoon softened his military brutality; but he never concealed the contemp... ...ats at the expense of the town itself. It was diffi- cult to carry on such operations in open day, lest the perpe- trators should be recognized; for t... ...ead out like a racket. The crabs, 120 The Two Brothers frightened by this operation, which they do not understand, come hastily to the surface, and i... .... For six months she had studied, without seem- ing to do so, the culinary operations that made Fanchette a cordon-bleu worthy of cooking for a doctor... ...are not beaten together with the violence which cooks usually put into the operation. He con- sidered that the whites should be beaten to a froth and ... ...first, be- cause he did not wish his comrades to suspect the secret of his operations with Pere Rouget’s property; and secondly, to keep the Knights w...

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..................................................... 149 Chapter 2.4.VI. Old-Dragoon Drouet. .............................................................. ...oiled and moiled to make a little speck of this Earth greener; of Cevennes Dragoonings; of Marlborough going to the war. Four generations have bloomed... ... before there could be any swearing, were to be all blessed. A most proper operation; since surely without Heaven’s blessing bestowed, say even, audib... ... each end of the street, and death under his eyes, contrives to send for a Dragoon Regiment with orders to charge: the dragoon officers mount; the dra... ...rd as far as Montmedi, at Post- villages and Towns, escorts of Hussars and Dragoons do lounge waiting: a train or chain of Military Escorts; at the Mo... ...rt full of black care: rigorous Quartermasters can hardly keep the private dragoons from cafes and dramshops. (Dec- laration du Sieur La Gache du Regi...

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...e was Peter Brock, other- wise Corporal Brock, of Lord Cutts’s regiment of dragoons; he was of age about fifty-seven (even that point has never been a... ...tening of the quadrupeds had only taken place about two minutes before the dragoon’s appearance on the green. For if the fact must be confessed, he, w... ...etty clearly that each of the two military com- manders was conducting his operations with perfect success. Three of the detachment of five attacked b... ...t his treasure, and, failing in this, to unscrew it from the ground; which operation he performed satisfactorily. 49 Thackeray “Y ou see, Count,” sai... ...is Grace is: is acquainted with the Duke of Marlborough, and served in the dragoons at the battle of Ramillies; at which time he was with my Lord Pete... ...d Billings: “a young, fair-haired man, who came here with the child, and a dragoon sergeant.” “Count de Galgenstein by name, who, on the point of deat... ...n have fallen on his knees and worshipped his friend and guide. They began operations, almost immediately, by an attack on Mrs. Hayes. On hearing, as ... ... read and write by this time), she made his bargains, and she directed the operations of the poor-spir- ited little capitalist. When bills became due,... ... you might be brought up to the trade, or your relations be undergoing the operation.” “My relations,” said Mr. Billings, proudly, and staring the Cou...

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...f the following pages, took leave of his family, to join the regi- ment of dragoons in which he had lately obtained a commis- sion. It was a melanchol... ... a few years, a troop, he be- lieved, might be reckoned upon in one of the dragoon regi- ments lately returned from Flanders. A hint thus conveyed and... ... overleapt with great agility) Captain Waverley, of Gardiner’s regiment of dragoons, which he must join in their quarters at Dundee in Scotland, in th... ...and a new mantua of genuine French silk, were lost upon a young officer of dragoons, who wore, for the first time, his gold-laced hat, jack-boots, and... ...rd; and though our hero was writhing with pain, would not pro- ceed to any operation which might assuage it until he had perambulated his couch three ... ...ch was by the bystanders unanimously ascribed to the spells with which the operation had been accompanied. Edward was given to understand, that not on... ... unwonted extent, Edward began to dress himself in all haste, during which operation the min- strelsy of Davie changed its tune more than once:— There... ...nts and expressions. He cau- tiously avoided any reference to the military operations or civil politics of the time: and to Waverley’s direct inquirie... ...dherents of the house of Stuart; and as a well-founded disbelief in the co-operation of the English Jacobites kept many Scottish men of rank from his ...

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...and, ‘Count and Lord Roland, generalis- simo of the Protestants in France,’ grave, silent, imperious, pock-marked ex-dragoon, whom a lady followed in ... ...years, and this was the result upon the persecuted; hanging, burn- ing, breaking on the wheel, had been in vain; the dragoons had left their hoof-mark... ...k- able confidence in God; and a tale comes back into my memory of how the Count of Gevaudan, riding with a party of dragoons and a notary at his sadd... ...spitalities between households thus doubly separated. Black Camisard and White Camisard, militiaman and Miquelet and dragoon, Protestant prophet and C... ...a piece of natural statistics; for it is the language of one in a minority. I thought with a smile of Bavile and his dragoons, and how you may ride ro... ...ess, whether of the prophet or the fool, in those who can take a sufficient interest in such infinitesimal and human operations, or who can quit a fri...

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...of the credit. You may remember, Aggy, when I painted the sign of the bold dragoon for Captain Hollister there was that fellow, who was about town lay... ...to lay aside the numberless garments they had worn in the air. During this operation Richard kept up a desultory dialogue with the different domestics... ... him deserving of it; and Elnathan had been present at one or two of these operations. But on the present occasion the man of practice was not to be o... ...ding the leg! The limb was certainly cut off, and the patient survived the operation. It was, however, two years before poor Milligan ceased to com- p... ...trong light of these 67 James Fenimore Cooper candles is favorable to the operation, and it is seldom that we hard students enjoy good eyesight.” Whi... ...h an exactitude that marked both his own skill and the impor- tance of the operation. When this preparatory measure was taken, Dr. Todd se- lected a p... ...im, from a most cunningly contrived apart- ment in the garret of the “Bold Dragoon,” an inn kept by one Captain Hollister, to the site of the intended... ...h Elizabeth, to whom the whole was familiar, read with facility, “The Bold Dragoon.” A man and a woman were issuing from the door of this habitation a... ...about which, you may remember, you had the disagreement.” “It is the bould dragoon, ye mane? And what name would he have, who niver was known by any o...

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...ut they gave me such joyous courage that I could have con- fronted all the dragoons, had I been of the colour of a boiled lobster, and when he himself... ...as, any one was likely to know how it fared with one single captain of the dragoons of Conde on such a day as that. The good landlady and Tryphena bot... ...astening the feather in her hair. The friseur was engaged in this critical operation, and whole ranks of ladies stood round, one of them reading aloud... ... but three or four of the soldiers came between me and the door. They were dragoons of the Conde regi- ment; I knew their uniform. Then I turned round... ...t over my son. After a time the door was cautiously opened, and one of the dragoons came in, having taken off his boots and spurs that he might move m... ... own. No help! Was there no help in Heaven above, or earth be- low? Was my dragoon on his way? The doors opened. Again the Abbe opened his book. ‘Brav... ... of the wound. Of course it was a precaution lest he should sink under the operation; and as we led her from the bedside, Clement bade me not let her ...

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...u can rebel in a generous manner, several things may be ac- quired in that operation,—rigorous mutual fidelity, reti- cence, steadfastness, mild stoic... ...rm: “Have they not,”—or perhaps it was, Has she (the Church) not,—”a black dragoon in every parish, on good pay and rations, horse-meat and man’s-meat... ...se-meat and man’s-meat, to patrol and battle for these things?” The “black dragoon,” which naturally at the moment ruffled the general young imaginati... ...iums, and extirpating or coercing to the due pitch those legions of “black dragoons,” of all varieties and purposes, who patrol, with horse-meat and m... ...d any likeli- hood for Sterling. From the Church his notions of the “black dragoon,” had there been no other obstacle, were sufficient to exclude him.... ...rade to India.” Of course they intended to stir up the public mind into co-operation, whatever their goal or object was: Mr. Crawford, an intimate in ... ..., corrupt and im- perfect around him; and instead of a calm and steady co- operation with all those who are endeavoring to apply the highest ideas as ... ...r; condolence upon that or any such subject might have been a questionable operation, by no means called for! Nay, my own approval, higher than this o... ...nt only. No fighting regiment, with the smallest attempt towards drill, co-operation, com- missariat, or the like unspeakable advantages, could be rai...

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...op by evincing the deepest sympathy in the raspberry-jam preserving, which operation was then going on in the Housekeeper’s room; she persisted in cal... ..., and as soon as she had done wiping her eyes with her handkerchief (which operation she concluded the very mo- ment the carriage had turned the corne... ...home together—they hated each other cordially: indeed, Rawdon Crawley, the dragoon, had a great contempt for the establish- ment altogether, and seldo... ... disfavour. Though her appearance is dis- agreeable, we cannot control the operations of nature: and though her parents were disreputable (her father ... ...g. The Captain had written her notes (the best that the great blun- dering dragoon could devise and spell; but dulness gets on as well as any other qu... ...ellect and conversation were alike brilliant and becoming to a heavy young dragoon. Old Sir Pitt, who was taking his pipe and beer, and talking to Joh... ...e, then?” said she, flash- ing out. “O Gad—really—Miss Rebecca,” the heavy dragoon in- terposed. “Do you suppose I have no feeling of self-respect, be... ...e him a little nod, so cool and killing, that Rawdon Crawley, watching the operations from the other room, could hardly restrain his laugh- ter as he ... ...f honour—her impatience had overcome her; she could not wait for the tardy operations of her ambassadress: so she came in person, and ordered Briggs o...

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...fins and ornaments brought from France, and the articles necessary for the operation were carried 11 Thackeray to the valley of the Tomb. The operati... ...t minute precautions, under the direction of Dr. Guillard. These different operations being terminated, the ebony sarcophagus was closed as well as it... ...r’s march the rain ceased for the first time since the commencement of the operations, and on arriving in sight of the town we found a brilliant sky a... ...acle, or luffing a marlinspike, or keelhauling a maintopgallant (all naval operations, my dear, which any seafaring novelist will explain to you)—I do... ...Mayors of Paris, &c. The Members of the Old Guard, &c. A Squadron of Light Dragoons, &c. Lieutenant-General Schneider, &c. More cavalry, more infantry... ...us for their neatness and discipline. By-and-by came a squad- ron or so of dragoons of the National Guards: they are covered with straps, buckles, agu...

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...as not wanting in probability. In the meantime, the mousetrap continued in operation, and likewise D’Artagnan’s vigilance. On the evening of the day a... ...Rochelle, which was determined, he had sent Mon- sieur to direct the first operations, and had ordered all the troops he could dispose of to march tow... ...ht, and to dispel the hu- mid morning air, came to take a drop at the inn. Dragoons, Swiss, Guardsmen, Musketeers, light-horsemen, succeeded one anoth... ... rest of the building was badly shaken.” “And what bastion is it?” asked a dragoon, with his saber run through a goose which he was taking to be cooke... ...d the Swiss. “What is it?” said the light-horseman. “Stop a bit,” said the dragoon, placing his saber like a spit upon the two large iron dogs which h... ...e grease is kood with basdry.” 436 The Three Musketeers “There!” said the dragoon. “Now for the wager! We listen, Monsieur Athos.” “Yes, the wager!” ... ...s pointed out to him, and ordered them to be placed in the boat. When this operation was complete, he invited her to descend by offering her his hand.... ... saw that the baggage was fastened carefully behind the carriage; and this operation ended, he took his place beside Milady, and shut the door. Immedi... ...ntermine so promptly and so boldly. She rather feared that her pre- ceding operations in England might have been discovered. Buckingham might have gue...

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... a sock, the mother sat staring at the fire. The eldest son, in the uniform of a private of dragoons, was choosing out notes on a key-bugle. Two or th... ...tched for a long time, he says; but all held their peace; not one spoke or smiled; only the dragoon kept choosing out single notes upon the bugle, and... ...ly, he affirms, a wax figure might have played the bugle with more spirit than that strange dragoon. And as this hypothesis of his became more certain... ...e’; that the upright old man with the eyebrows was no other than Father Jove, and the young dragoon with the taste for music either Apollo or Mars. MO... ... edge on this diversion if one of the players shall, every day or so, write a report of the operations in the character of army correspondent. I have ...

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...pt in the same squad, which greatly simplified the business; and a committee of honour was accordingly formed of our shed-mates. They chose for presid... ...er than the tallest ship’s mast, the rope entirely free; and he as good as defied the boldest and strongest to succeed. We were relieved from this dea... ...the door opened and my friend of the gold eyeglass appeared, a memorable figure, on the threshold. In one hand she bore a bedroom candlestick; in the ... ...hearthrug, and for some time there was no sound but the creasing of bills and the jingling of guineas, broken occasionally by the ex- ulting exclamati... ...ng it for discipline, because the General had said so at first, and had not yet found any way out of his own words; and I highly admired his force of ... ...everal tiers of green tin cases. He greeted me like an old friend. ‘Come away, sir, come away!’ said he. ‘Here is the den- tist ready for you, and I t... ...le the talk ran harmlessly on the weather, and then branched off towards the war. It seemed to be by no one’s fault; it was in the air, and had to com...

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...op by evincing the deepest sympathy in the raspberry-jam preserving, which operation was then going on in the Housekeeper’s room; she persisted in cal... ..., and as soon as she had done wiping her eyes with her handkerchief (which operation she concluded the very mo- ment the carriage had turned the corne... ...home together—they hated each other cordially: indeed, Rawdon Crawley, the dragoon, had a great contempt for the establish- ment altogether, and seldo... ... disfavour. Though her appearance is dis- agreeable, we cannot control the operations of nature: and though her parents were disreputable (her father ... ...g. The Captain had written her notes (the best that the great blun- dering dragoon could devise and spell; but dulness gets on as well as any other qu... ...ellect and conversation were alike brilliant and becoming to a heavy young dragoon. Old Sir Pitt, who was taking his pipe and beer, and talking to Joh... ...e, then?” said she, flash- ing out. “O Gad—really—Miss Rebecca,” the heavy dragoon in- terposed. “Do you suppose I have no feeling of self-respect, be... ...e him a little nod, so cool and killing, that Rawdon Crawley, watching the operations from the other room, could hardly restrain his laugh- ter as he ... ...f honour—her impatience had overcome her; she could not wait for the tardy operations of her ambassadress: so she came in person, and ordered Briggs o...

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... we have for the present adopted, resembles the original discipline of the dragoons, who were trained to serve either on foot or horseback, as the eme... ...e said, ‘will, I trust, soon be at Dumfries’— ‘T o fetch down redcoats and dragoons against us, you cant- ing old villain!’ A blow was, at the same ti... ...h this difference, that they did not accom- pany or second any such useful operation as the boiling thereof. Fairford was glad when the cloth was with... ... just like ourselves, and a sergeant’s guard of redcoats, with twa file of dragoons, to keep all quiet, and give us heart to the road. Now, if this mo... ...ale began to have some interest. ‘Because there was an unchancy beast of a dragoon riding close beside us on the other side; and if I had let him into... ...aying, you may command my best—advice.’ ‘I hope for your assistance and co-operation also,’ said the youth. ‘Certainly, certainly,’ said the wary magi... ...so far as to take a considerable quantity of blood from him, by which last operation he probably did his patient much service. 328 Redgauntlet CHAPTE... ... he placed unlimited confidence.’ ‘But my mother had no reason to fear the operation of such a deed, conceived in favour of an attainted man,’ said Da... ...short road to wealth, and had taken singular mea- sures for conducting his operations. Amongst these, he found means to build, in a suburb of Berwick ...

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... Bill, seemed to have inspired the mob with fury. Griff and his friend the dragoon, while walking in Broad Street, were astonished by a violent rush o... ...hrown after them. But at last the tramp of horses’ feet was heard, and the Dragoons came up. 124 Chantry House ‘W e thought all over then,’ said Grif... ...ade his way to the party headed by the magistrates, and accompanied by the dragoons, and the mob began to flee; but Colonel Brereton had given strict ... ...ked only too like revolu- tion, especially considering the inaction of the dragoons. After Griff had left Bristol, there had been some terrible scenes... ...his wife’s carelessness, the injury had de- veloped into fatal disease. An operation might yet save him, if he could rally enough for it, but the feve... ...ing fast to the theory of the periodical autumnal fever, and then that the operation would restore him to health; and as her pres- ence fretted him, a...

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...amatic tearing-of-hair and long-stride fury, not ill becoming an enamoured dragoon. But he maintained that his aunt, though an eccentric, was a cordia... ...Meredith husband upon the General, trembling as though she watched for the operations of a fish torpedo; and other ladies shared her excessive anxious... ...y. But hardly had he escaped before he had a desire for the renewal of the operation. ‘She sees me through, she sees me through,’ he was heard saying ...