[alert-success] INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP - ROBERT BROWNING
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Robert Browning in this poem "Incident of the French Camp" describes the heroic act of a young soldier during the French attack on Ratisbon. The young soldier disregards his own life-threatening wounds in order to inform Napoleon of the victory.
In 1890, the French army attacked the German city Ratisbon under the command of Lannes. Napoleon Bonaparte, the ruler of France, stood on a small hill about a mile or two away. He waits anxiously to hear the results of the Battle.
Out of nowhere, a rider came out of the smoke and dust. At rapid speed, he came up to where Napoleon was standing on the mound. As he got closer, Napoleon saw that he was a young boy who had been badly hurt and was about to die. As he got closer, he jumped off the horse and told the happy news that they had won and captured the city.
The young soldier informed Napoleon that he has played an important role in the victory at the risk of his life. He exclaimed with pride that he himself had hoisted the flag of France in Ratisbon.
When Napoleon heard this news, his eyes was flashed with the joy of victory but softened suddenly at the sight of the young soldier's injuries. When Napoleon expressed his sadness, the soldier's pride was hurt. He denied the emperor's sympathy and said emphatically that he was killed. He fell down beside emperor Napoleon with a smiling face and died.
The young soldier boy's sacrifice for his country is a great heroic act of bravery. The patriotism of the French soldier is described vividly by Robert Browning.
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