la Révolution, i.e. the French Révolution of 17S

Pag'e 62. — i. Kellermann (1735-1820), a marshal of France. He and Dumouriez defeated the Prussians at Valmy in 1792.

2. la terre promise, the promised land. It is not a question hère of the land of Canaan, but of Italy. At the beginning of the campaign of Italy, Bonaparte, in his proclamation to his troops, said: " Soldats, vous êtes mal nourris et presque nus ... Je vais vous conduire dans les plus fertiles plaines du monde: vous y trouverez de grandes villes, de riches provinces; vous y trouverez honneur, gloire et richesses." Hence the expression: la terre promise.

3. Louis XVI, king of France, beheaded in January, 1793. Page 63. — i. Vous revient-il, celui-là ? = Celui-là votes plaît-il ?

2. ça is used disparagingly for a person or persons. Translate: Is that felhnv to be a soldier of mine?