There was almost a mutiny at the Chalons Camp, among the" Garde Mohile. "When Marshal Canrobert mapected them, and asked the usual official questions, if there were any complaints, to which the regulation answer is "none, sir," some young soldiers made many complaints, and in a very sturdy way one section signified
that they were sick of the service already, and cried out " Back to Paris." Marshal Canrobert, bursting with rage, told the mutineers that they were unworthy the name of Frenchmen, and forthwith proceeded to make them aware of the fact they hardly seemed to realise, that though not regular troops, they were subject to the utmost severity of martial law. He had two ringleaders brought to drumhead Court-Martial, and shot directly.
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 719, 4 October 1870, Page 3
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