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

This might not seem like the pleasantest of all possible vacations for men from the line, but the chasseurs seemed to take to it readily enough.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood

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.

Besides these, there were two young French chasseurs going home on leave of absence, a pretty Parisian dress-maker flying from the cholera, a masculine woman, the wife of a dragoon, and my friend the captain.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker