Except Penes himself without an arm etc. I had to recite this
patriotic poem in 1939 at the end of the 4th grade - looked it up
again now, it ends with,
Ah! da-o-ar domnul să-mi îndrept
Această mână ruptă,
Să-mi vindec rănile din piept,
Iar să mă-ntorc la luptă,
Căci nu-i mai scump nimică azi
Pe lumea pământească
Decât un nume de viteaz
Și moartea vitejească!
Makes sense to the first person recitation that he himself did not die.
Even Vasile Alexandri had not the heart to kill him in battle!
Berti.
i> Yes , but they were not far away.
> Here is the battle of Grivita 1878 with prince Carol in command.
> He was crowned after the victory,
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbgEnCxcqI
>
> Taking part are also Penes Curcanul ( with the turkey feather and the
> nine legendary dorobanti with the black fur hats from Vaslui , of the
> Alecsandri poem.
> No one stayed alive .
> " Plecat-am noua din Vaslui,si cu sergentul zece."
> Nine we left Vaslui that day and with the sargeant ten.
> This is how it starts.
> No one came back.
> Hardy
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