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camp, and behind it the glorious colours of the

regiment;, which had never yet been sullied by an

enemy. Moustache was at once washed and fed,

and had his wounded leg attended to. A consul­
tation of officers was held, when It was resolved

to remove the metal collar which still encircled

Ins neck* and to replace it with a, rich crimson

ribbon, to which they ordered a silver medal to
be attached, on one side of wdiich was inscribed

the legend:

t(lh PEBDIT UNF. JAM 13 E A LA BA TAIL 1,32 tfAU ’STERfctTZ,
ET SUAVA Ltt D11AP1SAU DE SON RfiGIJJLENT.” 1

and on the other,

fl Mouari'A.c;iii';f ciuisn ]?rak(ja rs j qu'itj so it partout
RESPECT^ &T CUISeI OOMME UN BEAVE-,,S

This was Accordingly done, and Moustache was
duly decorated; and it would be hard to say

whether the officers or the dotr were most
G

1 This may 1)C freely translated thUS; Hei lost Site tag for his
country, and saved the colours of fcte regiment at the battle of
Austerlitz.
s Moustibhe, a do^ with a true French heart, respected and
honoured an a hero.