Word: riflemen
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...French fortunes soon changed. One trouble was that Mameluke warriors were replaceable and French riflemen were not. After Nelson finally caught the French fleet at Abukir Bay and all but destroyed it in the Battle of the Nile, Napoleon's lines of supply and communication with Europe were virtually cut off. His army was steadily reduced by sieges of sickness (most notably, ophthalmia and bubonic plague), by Bedouin raids, and by the almost incessant warfare the French were forced to wage to keep their sprawling colony subdued. Some 27,000 Frenchmen died in Egypt, and after a time even...
...great body of important Early American stone sculpture is in danger of annihilation. Weather, children, riflemen and clumsy power mowers are rapidly wreaking havoc on the ancient tombstones that stand row on row in cemeteries all over New England and the South. But with the help of a Ford Foundation grant, two young artists, Ann Parker and Avon Neal, have been haunting graveyards since 1961, preserving the crumbling heritage in a less vulnerable form. Last week a show of 120 of their meticulous gravestone rubbings (see opposite page) opened at the Brooklyn Museum...
Later, when the Indians did strike from time to time, there is no record anywhere that they galloped around in circles twanging arrows into the ring of wagons, an absolutely pointless maneuver since the Indians would have been exposing themselves to rifle fire from protected riflemen. Instead, they laid siege, taking command of any springs or streams, until the white men's tongues turned black. But that was rare. Mainly, they hung around asking for handouts...
...young (29) revolutionary general that Bonaparte went to Egypt. Although the outcome is known, Moorehead's superb narrative of the French adventure has the quality of suspense. Napoleon brought a small force by modern standards of mass war (36,000, including sailors), but his riflemen alone doomed the ruling cavalry aristocracy of Cairo to utter defeat. Also, he carried the future in his own baggage train-150 enlisted penseurs, the intellectuals of the French Revolution. Propaganda, engineering, law and government, and an efficient system of tax collection were among the modern arts Napoleon brought to Egypt with his victory...
Dahlias. Suddenly and surprisingly, Private McRacken sprinted ahead of the U.S. tank and ran 500 yds. down the exposed street to the bridge. German machine gunners and riflemen had clear shots at deadly range. McRacken slashed wildly at the white wires, then fell dead at the center of the bridge, his body across the disconnected lines, his clippers at his side. Dozens of Mayenne townfolk watched McRacken's dash and death from their windows, saw the Americans then speed across the bridge to rout the Germans out of town. Villagers stole out on the bridge, placed a white sheet...