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As I wrote in my book, "Republican France," the country generally was weary of the long struggle; and only Gambetta, Freycinet, and a few military men, such as Chanzy and Faidherbe, were in favour of prolonging it.
My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Ernest Alfred Vizetelly 1887
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Cours Chanzy, the cathedral, Saint-Pierrele-Guillard, and the house of
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Loire commanded by Chanzy, which had very nearly succeeded in altering the condition of the war; the remainder of the German investing force from Metz were sent northwards, under Manteuffel, in the direction of
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Promoted to a higher rank, and appointed commander of a regiment of foot, the Lieutenant-Colonel de Prerolles rejoined the army of Chanzy, which, having known him a long time, assigned to him the duties of a brigadier-general, and instructed him to cover his retreat from the Loire on the Sarthe.
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He entered the French Army, and was with the troops that pushed up towards beleaguered Paris under General Chanzy.
Kitchener, Organizer of Victory H., Begbie 1915
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Chanzy was very happy in Russia, where he was extremely well received.
My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914
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-- French line steamer General Chanzy off Minorca; 200 lives lost.
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Minister, and that as he intended to take Chanzy from St. Petersburg, he should have three Ambassadors to find.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Changarnier, of Chanzy, he obliged to receive invaders -- invaders belonging to the same nation which had lined the streets of
Lorraine A romance 1899
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Sadowa; he had risked his modest head more than once in the murderous province of Oran, where General Chanzy scoured the hot plains like a scourge of Allah.
Lorraine A romance 1899
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