éteindre, silence

16. Bébastiani (1772-1851), like Napoléon, was a Corsican. He commanded the "escadron sacré." See p. 84, 1. 16.

20. une cavalerie trop faible, etc., cavalry insufficient to permit him to make a reconnoissance far from the main road.

47. — 21. Lithuania is a province of Russia, west of the Dnieper. After passing this river, the French would be in comparative safety.