Excerpt from The Nursery, 1871, Vol. 10: A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Paul is not only the captain but the drummer of his com pany. He is also a general. His men are armed, - some of them with wooden swords, and some with bulrushes got from the swamp near by. I must tell you of a great battle which took place the other day, and in which the Invincibles proved themselves brave soldiers. Gen. Paul led them on, and showed that he was born to command. A flock of geese had come into the garden from the com. Mon near by. It was Saturday afternoon. School did not keep, and the Invincibles were out in full force. Gen. Paul, from a hill not far oil; saw the enemy in white uniform enter the garden. He made a spy-glass of his two fists, and watched them for some time. Then he made a speech to his troops: If there is any coward among you, said he, any one whose heart fails him at sight of the foe, let him leave the ranks at once. The fewer men, the greater share of honor. To the credit of the Invincibles let it be said, not one man left the ranks. They replied with three bold cheers to the speech, and cried out, Lead on, lead on! The general then disposed of his army in a most masterly way. A part of it he placed at the gate to cover the retreat in case the geese should be the victors. A wise general always provides for a retreat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.