chasseurs

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There was the visit of George VI, when the King held his salute for a battalion of chasseurs a pied until the last little proud-eyed rear guard quick-stepped by.

From Time Magazine Archive

Recently when "Daisy" visited her delighted chasseurs they did everything they could think of to show their gratitude, including a dash up among snow-crested crags to shoot chamois for her lunch.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last the procession moved, and I, at the peril of my life—for the crowd, couriers, and chasseurs rode like lunatics—ran down to the cathedral.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

In the Place Pigalle, General Susbielle gave the order to charge the crowd collected in the Rue Houdon, but the chasseurs, intimidated, spurred back their horses and were laughed at.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

Interest in New Mexico.—French voyageurs, chasseurs, and traders of Louisiana and Canada continued to look with covetous eyes toward New Mexico.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene