secours

Example Sentences

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Vainement les generaux lui depechaient coup sur coup leurs Aides de Camp, pour demander des secours; vainement les Aides de Camp attendaient les ordres; il n'endonnait aucune; il donnait a peine signe de la vie.

From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Alison, Archibald, Sir

Je me souviens encore du moment où mon père et mes oncles Gérard appellèrent autour d'eux leurs amis, et Dieu sait si les amis se sont empressés d'accourir à leur secours!

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

They asked me, several times, if I was suffering, and offered to go on to the poste de secours if I wanted them to.

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman

We went to see the dim cellars which form the two "postes au secours."

From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Salmon, Betty Keays-Young

Genlis, menant un secours dans Mons, fut défait par le duc d'Alve, qui avoit comme investi la ville.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron