Excerpt from The Young Franc-Tireurs and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian WarMY dear lads: The present story was written and published a few months only after the termination of the franco-german war. At that time the plan which I have since carried out in The Young Buglers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.