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  • The search for "Gendarmes" was not long to make, but the one for the vault was stopped only when they had found the wine cellar.

    The Insurrection in Paris

  • "Gendarmes," cried he to the men guarding the gate, "see to it that no one goes out; prevent anybody from entering the house, and above all, let no one go into the garden."

    Crime d'Orcival. English ��mile Gaboriau 1852

  • a battalion of "Gendarmes" and the discovery of a subterranean vault leading to Versailles.

    The Insurrection in Paris

  • "Gendarmes," said Henri, "my brother has given me, for the time, the command of your company, and has ordered me to set out to-night to obtain provisions and information as to the movements of the enemy, and one hundred of you are to accompany me; the mission is dangerous, but necessary for the safety of all.

    The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • Gendarmes circle in white vans, often supported by units from the CRS Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité, who made their name quelling riots during more idealistic days on the Left Bank, most notably spring 1968.

    France's young binge drinkers upset cafe society with their 'British boozing' 2011

  • And the table completely omits certain things that seem obvious, like Riddleport Gendarmes.

    Life in the Wide World – Random Encounters « Geek Related 2009

  • Con artist – Mungo and his Amazing Monkeys (CR 7, Denizens of Freeport p. 65) 1 leper (Avg CR 1/2, SitS p. 79) 1d4+1 Gendarmes, reasonably honest (Avg CR 2, use Riddleport Thug stats) 1d4+1 Gendarmes, looking for trouble and/or bribes (Avg CR 2, use Riddleport Thug stats)

    Life in the Wide World – Random Encounters « Geek Related 2009

  • Prussian battery on the Homolka Mound supports the CR10 Gendarmes in the center.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • Prussian battery on the Homolka Mound supports the CR10 Gendarmes in the center.

    Battle of Lobositz - Feb. 8, 2009 Der Alte Fritz 2009

  • During a visit to the Gendarmerie Headquarters, a man whose face was maculated with blood, both hands tied in the back, was seen being marched across the base escorted by two Gendarmes.

    Cambodia: UN Memorandum re Executions 2008

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