avait raison = ' he {i.f. Bonaparte) was right

162. un général de division, = ' gênerai of division'; this grade is immediately superior to that of général de brigade.

163. ne doit pas se . . . Kléber, 'must behave himself (Lit. *must not behave indecorously '), were he a fellow of Kleber's stamp.* Gaillard always implies strength. For ce wïùifât see Appendix I. A. il.

169. Je venais d'être nenuné, 'I had just been named.' Venir de i * to hâve just,' is only used in that sensé in the présent and imperfect.

170- 1. Ah ! la terrible année que celle-là, ' Ah ! what a terrible year that was.* Lit. *the terrible year that that one was' [se. était).