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of beggars, who all looked more like robbers. Most of them 

 were workmen out of work, and the citizens were very much 

 afraid they would plunder the city if we left it. 



In the museum we found a portrait of a Prince Croy, who 

 had been archbishop of Rouen, and whose tomb, with a beau- 

 tiful monument, is in the cathedral. 



Sunday, the nth, I called with Miss Runkel on General 

 von Manteuffel to ask him for an order for woollen things, of 

 which the wounded were much in need, as it was very cold. 

 Though I had seen the general often, this was the first time I 

 spoke with him. Hearing that the want of cigars was badly 

 felt by the officers, and having still about seven hundred left, 

 I proposed an exchange for woollen things, which were easily 

 to be had, a?- they were manufactured in Rouen, and he 

 accepted, much amused with my talent for trade, giving me an 

 order for the things I required. 



Our staying in Rouen was by no means pleasant, for the 

 people hated us intensely, and, if they really had had an idea 

 how weak we were, they might have captured all of us, for, in 

 fact, there were no soldiers in the city except the staff and the 

 wounded. 



We all were glad when we had Rouen behind us without 

 shots being sent after us, for it was believed by several that we 

 should not be permitted to pass the gate. 



We marched out on the 17th, and near Le Heron we were 

 quartered in the house of M. Auguste Renard, the mayor, an 

 old man of seventy-two, who had been taken by our troops 

 and condemned to be shot as a spy ; but General von Goeben 

 had investigated the case, and he came off with the fright. On 

 the 1 8th we were in Marseille-le-Petit, and the following day 

 in Bretuil, from whence we next day were to return to Amiens 

 to re-occupy it. The citadel had always remained occupied by 

 our troops. 



On December 23 we received from headquarters the notice 

 to prepare ourselves for a battle. The French barred our 

 road, and had taken a rather favorable position in the village 

 of Querriere and the heights behind it. We advanced on the 

 main road leading to that place, but when arrived at a house 

 which was about six miles from it, we were ordered to stay 

 tliere and wait for further orders. It was towards eleven 

 o'clock, a.m., when we had to advance again until we saw the 



