Item - A Fight in the Mountains: A Leaf from History

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 26 no. 15 — page 4
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	New York Weekly, v. XXVI, no. 15, February 23, 1871 (Issue)
Author:	Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1814-1881
Date:	February 23, 1871
First Sentence:	In the month of October last, Captain Julius von Seckendorf, an officer of the Prussian landwher, was making a forced march through the passes of the Vosges Mountains, in command of a detachment of rifles.
Last Sentence:	Bitterly humiliating as it was to be vanquished by a woman, Captain von Seckendorf had the good sense to conceal his mortification, and to clasp the small but nervous hand that was offered in token of friendship, though his neck was still suffering from the iron grip it had inflicted so lately, in the excitement of a deadly combat.