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The man with the broken ear

Note 4 — Chapter XI

Henry Holt translation

Note 4, page 101.—Fougas' surprise is explained by the well-known fact that Napoleon was obliged to forbid the playing of Partant pour la Syrie in his armies, on account of the homesickness and consequent desertion it occasioned.

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