A drawing by F. Matania picturing a valiant group of Italians who,
although overwhelmed by the enemy, remained with their battery until
the last man was killed.]
The Foreign Legion, as everyone knows, was made up of all sorts of
adventurers, many of whom knew the meaning of grated windows and ankle
chains, but “it isn’t where you come from in the battle-line but what
you do that counts.” The world pretty well understands what the Foreign
Legion did and how it was honored by grateful France. Elsewhere is told
how they were given the place of honor in the attack on the Prussian
Guard which they drove back, but with a loss that wrecked them as a
legion.
[Illustration:
© _Underwood and Underwood._