Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15
IN MEMORY OF SEDAN
THE VANQUIsHED TO ERECT
THERE A MONUMENT.
Society Of the Ancient Chasseurs
dAfrique Take Action on Behalf
of Comrades
From lie Figaro.

From lie Figaro.
The Society of the Anciens Chasseurs
dAfrique has resolved to erect a memorial
to those OF the Anciens who on the LIST
o: September at Sedan gave their lives .or
the honor of the French army" The So
ciety has purchased a plot of ground be-
tween Floing and lily on the plateau which.
strewn with tombs. overlooks the valley
Of the Mouse. Here. within some fourteen
months. will be raised high column sur
mounted with the tricolor floating tossed
and rumpled toward a group of horsemen
fallen in savage encounter and bemoaned
by two women insdeepest detection. On
large bandarole draped about the column
like crepe, will be inscribed these simple
words: ITO the honor of the French cav.
airy
This will be the monument of those whom
King William watched from the heights OF
La Marfee, whose advance he could not i'm.
pede for time. and at whose destruction
he exclaimed: ''Ah. the brave fellows."
Succumbed Gloriously.
1t of these that the writer of the
historic report from the Prussan head.
quarters spoke when he said with hardly
less eloquence: Though no success at
tended the efforts of these brave squad
rons. and though their heroic endeavor was
powerless to avert the catastrophe. stiiI
the French army has good right to boas'
OF the fields of Floing and Cayal. where, on
that memorable day. her cavalry succumb-
ed so gloriously." Gloriously! And this is
the conqueror who speaks. The young
comrades of the Anciens Chasseurs
d'Afrique, and of the hussars and the chas-
seurs generally of France. have good reason
to glOrify the vanQuiShed
1t is of this immortal Marguerite division
that they dream especially. 1t bore the
brunt of the fray. The two lines OF its men
fell right at the foot Of the slope where
they were crushed in their career. General
Ducrot ordered them to charge. still
another effort! One more sally! On tn.
gallop. then! Forward! Once. twice, three
times these cavaliers eager to be sacrificed.
threw themselves forward to meet the
deadly fire. rising in their stirrups anC
bending over the very necks of their little
Arab steeds. Then there was haf-houi
of terrible carnage. an awful and mag
nificent agony. And the future German
Caesar himself was forced to applaud those
whom he saw dying.
So France does well to rear a monument.
a memorial to these. The Society of Anciens
ChasSeurs d'AfriQue is charged to pay this
debt to the country. And they have done
1t WELL Rather this will be a general monu-
ment a monument raised to commemorate
all heroes and martyrs.
World Knows Names.
Here Hes''-As to the name, ask 1t OF
the worldi
These names. Gull the heroic from each
regiment, grave them in fire, and hand
them down to youth as an example. OF
numbers Of regiments there need be none:
nor of Inscriptions. save that one cry. which
leaped from the very hearts blood of them
all. the one thought of these braves decid-
ing to die, and speaking in the manly words
of one from their ranks-"All that you
order, my general Say no more Those
few words. that phrase which Is not
phrase but sacrifice in action, shall alone
be carved on the pedestal Of this cavalry
ending with
THE BRAVE FELLOWS
September 1870
Carved In stone in 1903, in 1870 that line
was traced in blood
There has been published a collection OF
proclamatiOnS harrangueS, d1ScourSes and
fine bits Of military eloquence, the art
Of inspiring the soldier" somebody calls
1t. 1 know of nothing more beautiful Of
that sort than that reply Of the soldier Of
Floing. 1t recalls the wit of the little drum
mer at the battle of Rulshem a little drum
stick of thirteen years named Dazay. He
was beating the long-roH. A Uhlan struck
off his hand with a Saber. The boy looked
at him, beating on with his other hand. and.
sublime imp that he was, cried magnilO-
quently:
TRY another stroke!'
Where a gamin can hit upon such repair
tee when a captain can reply In that
fashion to his chief, 1t means that all minds
are in unison, there Is among them an abb
solute unanimity of resolution. wv hatever
you order, general Those who speak
voice the thought of all behind them. The
votion surges through their veins and
strikes at their hearts a heroic charge In
itself Such instants give every man the
intoxication of the martyr. Cambronne
spoke for all the grenadiers In his guard
One moment may immortaltze a whole lie
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