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G. A. Henty. Through Russian Snows
Through Russian Snows
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Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow (G. A. Henty)
Preface
Chapter I. Two Brothers
Chapter II. Before The Justices
Chapter III. In A Fresh Scrape
Chapter IV. The Smuggler's Cave
Chapter V. Following A Trail
Chapter VI. A Commission
Chapter VII. A French Prison
Chapter VIII. Pistol Practice
Chapter IX. A Duel
Chapter X. Smolensk
Chapter XI. With The Russian Army
Chapter XII. Borodino
Chapter XIII. With The Rear-guard
Chapter XIV. Ney's Retreat
Chapter XV. In Comfortable Quarters
Chapter XVI. An Unexpected Meeting
At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt (G. A. Henty)
Preface
Chapter I. Making A Friend
Chapter II. A Bedouin Tribe
Chapter III. Left Behind
Chapter IV. The Battle Of The Pyramids
Chapter V. A Street Attack
Chapter VI. The Rising In Cairo
Chapter VII. Saved
Chapter VIII. An Egyptian Tomb
Chapter IX. Sir Sidney Smith
Chapter X. A Sea-fight
Chapter XI. Acre
Chapter XII. A Desperate Siege
Chapter XIII. An Independent Command
Chapter XIV. A Pirate Hold
Chapter XV. Cruising
Chapter XVI. A Visit Home
Chapter XVII. Abercrombie's Expedition
Chapter XVIII. The Battle Of Alexandria
Chapter XIX. Quiet And Rest
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G. A. Henty
Historical Novels of Napoleonic Wars
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Wilkens was the next witness, and his evidence, as far as Julian was concerned, was precisely similar to that of the coxswain. Against the seven men of the lugger the evidence was conclusive. All had resisted desperately, and this had enabled several of their party to make their escape in the darkness. The Weymouth fisherman had been caught coming up from the beach with a keg on his shoulder, and had thrown it down and attempted to run away, but had made no resistance when he had been taken; the two farm men had been captured at their horses' heads, and had at once surrendered. When the evidence had been gone through, Mr. Probert addressed the court on behalf of Julian. He urged that there was no evidence whatever to show that he was concerned either in the smuggling operations or in the resistance to the revenue officers.
"I do not pretend," he said, "that he was there by accident; but I maintain that he was there simply in the capacity of a looker-on. He stands, in fact, precisely in the same position that any member of the general public might do, who had been present as a spectator at any sort of riot. It is unquestionably a very unwise action on the part of any individual to attend a meeting of any sort at which it is possible that riotous proceedings may take place, but I maintain that, however imprudent and foolish, there is nothing criminal in his doing so, and I am sure that there is no case on record in which a man has been punished for his presence at a riot in which he did not participate. My client acted foolishly, but I ask the court to say that his foolishness was not criminal. He had accidentally learned that there was to be a landing of contraband goods, and, with the thoughtlessness of youth, he went to see what he considered the fun. Even if there had been a shadow of criminality in his being present, I should ask you to say that the unpleasant experience that he has undergone—his detention for twelve hours in a police cell, and his appearance here—is ample punishment for his boyish escapade, which might have been committed by any high-spirited young fellow of nineteen."
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