chasseurs
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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
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
They even were so facile as to leave a post close to the prefecture in the hands of chasseurs forgotten by Espivent.
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
At last the procession moved, and I, at the peril of my life—for the crowd, couriers, and chasseurs rode like lunatics—ran down to the cathedral.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
