02481cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500270014526400510017230000470022333600260027033700260029633800360032250000310035850500600038950801800044952012550062953400490188465300190193365300260195265300240197885600670200285600430206999900190211277202UtSlPG20260610134804.0mcr n260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aClaretie, Jules,d1840-191310aRécits héroïques 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-11-090 aLe drapeau -- Le volontaire -- L'invalide -- La vision.  aLaurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Polona digital library)  a"Récits héroïques" by Jules Claretie is a collection of historical short stories written in the late 19th century. It likely gathers episodes of courage and patriotic sacrifice, with the first tale focusing on Napoleonic veterans—especially two aging captains—whose lives revolve around honor, memory, and the regimental flag.

The opening story, Le Drapeau, portrays Captain Fougerel in the quiet town of Vernon exalting the sacred meaning of the tricolor. He and his friend Captain Malapeyre, old comrades of the Imperial Guard, once saved their regiment’s banner at Waterloo by breaking the staff and burying the silk under fire. Years later they read a Berlin notice claiming the Prussians unearthed and display that very flag at Potsdam, shattering their solace. Silent and resolute, they renounce small comforts, save every coin, and set out to retrieve or destroy the trophy. On the road Malapeyre falls gravely ill, dies in Cologne after a lucid plea that Fougerel finish the mission, and is buried far from home. Grief-stricken but bound by his oath, Fougerel presses on to Berlin and then to Potsdam, aflame with the single purpose of reclaiming the honor tied to the lost standard. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cParis: Hachette, 1923  aFrench fiction  aShort stories, French  aWar stories, French4 uhttps://polona.pl/preview/d2b9378c-a6f5-4560-88b0-3a83a078bc9d40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77202  c117922d117922