devait, was to

5. vaisseau de ligne, battle-ship. A war-vessel of such power as to admit her into the Une of battle. Usually carrying seventy-four or more guns. — Brueys, pronounce Brii-é-iss.

6. que devaient . . . général en chef, an inversion for que V amiral et le général en chef devaient inotiter ; trans. in zuhich both the admirai and the gênerai in chief were to sait.

7. frégates, frigates, war-vessels smaller than a battle-ship. A frigate carried from twenty-four to fifty guns.

8. corvettes, corvets or sloops of war. A war-vessel smaller than a frigate.

9. cutters. An English word which is pronounced contre in French. The "cutter" was smaller than a "corvet."