chasseurs

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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

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

The prisoners, between two lines of chasseurs, were sent on to Versailles, while their officers, bare-headed, their galons torn off, were put at the head of the convoy.

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

He also had the additional object of reviewing the chasseurs and of distributing medals, for this crack division had been withdrawn from one of the most active sectors to instruct the doughboys.

From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood

I saw a battalion of the chasseurs and a battalion of marines set to work in a field where every other blow of the pick hit a rock.

From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood