| Show arty in tonquin lantion many desertions continue to take efrom the french army in all the deserters deser teri wh 0 are recaptured are abot without compunction lately eighteen r soldiers ol diers of the foreign legi r 0 n olo away from southey with it t 0 f arms and accoutrements they tin the mountain defiles after a chase which lasted a ea n sid erable time and the eighteen were to be shot at once it is aa when the menbere men were drawn up in single ficq in front of their Traves the adjutant who was in charge of the firing party cried out with an oath on seeing some of the men fall slightly out of their alignment cant you fellows keel u ar dressing better than that vy igho da no was the command given than the prisoners with parade like bunc quality tua lity straightened up and obeyed as if they were on the drill ground a review then the fatal command was n and the eighteen went down afore the terribly volley the adjutants words if they were over uttered and it is probable that they were show that an still pre vails in french foreign legion |
