I say itI, Brigadier Gerard.

HOW THE KING HELD THE BRIGADIER Murat was undoubtedly an excellent cavalry officer, but he had too much swagger, which spoils many a good soldier.

HOW THE BRIGADIER TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE MARSHAL MILLEFLEURS Massena was a thin, sour little fellow, and after his hunting accident he had only one eye, but when it looked out from under his cocked hat there was not much upon a field of battle which escaped it.

It would have seemed mere conceit if I had answered that there was no man braver than Brigadier Gerard.

HOW THE BRIGADIER PLAYED FOR A KINGDOM

7. HOW THE BRIGADIER WON HIS MEDAL The Duke of Tarentum, or Macdonald, as his old comrades prefer to call him, was, as I could perceive, in the vilest of tempers.

'Brigadier Gerard of the Hussars,' said he, with the air of the corporal with the recruit.

'You have not yet received the cross of honour, Brigadier Gerard?'

Have you anything to say, Brigadier Gerard?' I am a rough soldier, but I have words and ideas.

'What do you make of it, Brigadier?'

'Am I not a hussar, a brigadier, too, at the age of thirty-one, and the chosen messenger of the Emperor?'

I will shout, "I am the Brigadier Gerard!"

My word, he was a frightened man when he understood how near he had been to killing the celebrated Brigadier Gerard.

'You will see,' said he, turning to the Duke of Tarentum, 'that Brigadier Gerard has the special medal of honour, for I believe that if he has the thickest head he has also the stoutest heart in my army.' 8.

HOW THE BRIGADIER WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL

What will you think of me, my friends, when I tell you it was to meto me, the Brigadier Gerardthat the Emperor wished to write?

'The Prince of Neufchâtel desires to speak with the Brigadier Gerard,' said a footman, appearing at the door.

For myself, my name is Brigadier Gerard, and I have only to mention it to assure anyone who has heard of me that' 'Oh, you villains!'

'Yes, Brigadier,' said he, 'you are now the only man who will know where these papers are concealed.

'Very good, Brigadier!'

That long-ear has twenty-three casualties to his credit, including a Brigadier.

Our Brigadier, a conscientious soldier of the old school, was dodging round our line of trenches, and had just reached the sector allotted to my company, which was also Gilbert's, when the distant buzz that generally means an aeroplane overhead made itself distinctly heard.

During the winter, the President conferred upon Colonel Johnston the brevet rank of Brigadier-General, believing that the uniform discretion he had manifested entitled him to promotion; and the nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

Car j'y allais, vous l'avez vu, je partais.... LE BRIGADIER, bas à Montrichard.

Moi? LE BRIGADIER.