chasseurs
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Recently when "Daisy" visited her delighted chasseurs they did everything they could think of to show their gratitude, including a dash up among snow-crested crags to shoot chamois for her lunch.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was the visit of George VI, when the King held his salute for a battalion of chasseurs a pied until the last little proud-eyed rear guard quick-stepped by.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was by the south-western ridge, it will be remembered, that not only I, but Mr. Hawkins, Professor Tyndall, and the chasseurs of Val Tournanche, essayed to climb the mountain.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
The prisoners, between two lines of chasseurs, were sent on to Versailles, while their officers, bare-headed, their galons torn off, were put at the head of the convoy.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Nicholas Dahlmann, commanding the chasseurs of the guard, was killed in the charge on the Russian infantry which saved the battle.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe
