gensdarmes

Clermont, ensign of the gensdarmes and of the Guard.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

This came to the ears of the prefect, who instantly despatched fourteen gensdarmes, and some police agents, to arrest the owner.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829 Various

"Perhaps you don't know that there are gensdarmes who bring little girls back, when they run away."

Marie Claire Marguerite Audoux 1900

News came to the circus boarding-house that good riders were wanted for the Turkish mounted gensdarmes.

Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Henry James 1879

There were some of the mounted gensdarmes among them, and I even found several Hungarians; but none of them had ever heard of the circus-rider.

Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Henry James 1879

And the next moment Pierre Lenoir, escorted by two gensdarmes, marched into the court-room.

Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Bracebridge Hemyng 1871

But the gensdarmes should not let you enter the town.

The Doctor's Dilemma Hesba Stretton 1871

When information was brought to Lord James Hay of what was going on, he went out, and arrived just as a troop of French gensdarmes were on the point of charging the Prussians, then in the garden.

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Gronow, Rees Howell, 1794-1865 1862

He lost no time in calling out his men, and, placing himself between the gensdarmes and the officers, said he should fire upon the first who moved.

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Gronow, Rees Howell, 1794-1865 1862

The streets of Paris were at that time not very safe; consequently the Count was usually attended to his residence by two gensdarmes, in order to prevent his being attacked by robbers.

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Gronow, Rees Howell, 1794-1865 1862