There they all seemed to be Poles--all under the Russian crown--but here they're all regular Germans.
" "Singers to the front" came the captain's order.
And from the different ranks some twenty men ran to the front.
A drummer, their leader, turned round facing the singers, and flourishing his arm, began a long-drawn-out soldiers' song, commencing with the words: "Morning dawned, the sun was rising," and concluding: "On then, brothers, on to glory, led by Father Kamenski.
" This song had been composed in the Turkish campaign and now being sung in Austria, the only change being that the words "Father Kamenski" were replaced by "Father Kutuzov.
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