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 cheval, now stationed at Rouen) fought,—in spite of the unwillingness of the men of September 4th, 1870,—in the ranks of the French army, where his deeds of valour recalled to friends and strangers alike the legends of the chivalrous days of Robert the Brave, whose name he has proved himself worthy to bear.

2. His Royal Highness Charles, Duke de Nemours. H. R. H. the Duke de Nemours, King Louis-Philippe's second son, is the living portrait of Henri IV. This Prince is that brilliant officer of Constantine fame who refused to be the King of Belgium, whose traditions and whose memory are treasured by the body of Cavalry Officers in France.

3. His Royal Highness François, Prince de Joinville. H. R. H. the Prince de Joinville is the same naval officer who commanded (1837) the French warships in Mexico, and brought back Napoleon's body from St. Helena (on board the "Belle Poule," 1840). Admiral H. R. H. the Prince de Joinville, when the National Defence Committee refused him the right to fight for his country as a Volunteer, followed the Army of the Loire under the name of a foreign Officer. His Royal Highness was seen on the day of the battle of Orleans serving in a naval battery. Unknown personally to all, he was instinctively obeyed by all, both Officers and men. Happy then was he, because, while checking the enemy's march and protecting the retreat of the French Army, he brought his brave, though disguised, sword to the city of Joan of Arc. H. R. H. Prince de Joinville's son, the Duke de Penthievre, now serving in the French Navy, bids fair to show in his naval career the talents of his illustrious father.

4. His Royal Highness Henri, Duke d'Aumale, of Algerian fame, and a familiar face to Englishmen, wields the pen no less well than the sword. Lieutenant-General H. R. H. the Duke d'Aumale is the General in whom Officers in the French Army have found their true Commander-in-Chief. Both French and native troops in Algeria have seen His Royal Highness at work long enough and been gallantly led by him to the fire often enough, to trust in their soldier Prince.

5. His Royal Highness Antoine, Duke de Montpensier. H. R. H. the Duke de Montpensier is King Alfonso's (Spain) father-