PART I

FAILURE (OUT OF THE UNFINISHED MEMOIRS OF MAJOR HENRI DE BEAUJOLAIS OF THE SPAHIS AND THE FRENCH SECRET SERVICE) "To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honour, while you strike him down, The foe that comes with fearless eyes; To count the life of battle good, And clear the land that gave you birth, Bring nearer yet the br…