sans les atteindre, without hitting them

Page 50, — I. toute française, entirely French, Toute is here an adverb. This peculiarity occurs when tout (adverb) is placed before a féminine adjective that begins with a consonant or an aspirate h.

Page 51. — I. Seraskier, Commander-in-chief.

2. avait des intelligences, maintained a secret correspondence*