Lacretelle
Americannoun
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Wednesday, 3rd May: The troops of General Lacretelle carry the redoubt of Moulin Saquet.
From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton
Fleda hesitated, and then said it was by Lacretelle.
From Queechy, Volume I by Susan Warner
From 1787 to 1791 he could not earn much, being in constant attendance at the Cordeliers club and devoted to politics; Lacretelle saw him in the riots of 1788.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by John Durand
"Do not be uneasy," replied M. Michaud, "your secret shall be well kept; I will hide it in the complete works of my friend Lacretelle."
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
"Never," says Lacretelle again, "were the French so combined together to combat the evils to which nature makes us pay tribute, and those which in a thousand ways creep into all social institutions."
From The Ancient Regime by John Durand
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