CHAPTER IL
DISORGANIZATION OF THE AHZJY — EFFORTS TO ESTABLISII DISCIPLINE — DtFFICULTIES OF THE WAE — HOCHe'S KIMD TREATMENT OF THE
people — the pkiests treated with respect — amnesty — no real peace — the chouan leaders only seeiang to gain tiiie. Page 53.
Line 9. — bourgs — Towns. Pronounc bourg as if g were k. Line 10. — ils se croyaient &c— They imagined they might do any-
thing : se dépends on permis.
Line 20. — sons la main— Under the hand— /.e., under the direct
authority.
Line 21.— dans ce but — "With this object.
" bourgades — Asortof diminitive of bourg : small market-
towns.
Line 22. — celles-ci — Referring to villes and bourgades. Line 25. — en lialeine — At work — lite.rally, in breath — z.e.,panting
from their exer Lions.
Line 32. — simple grenadier — See Note p. 4, 1. 26.
Page 54.
Line 2. — la maraude — Pillaging.
" mevci — When the w ord is féminine, it moans mercy, wheu
masculine, thanics.
Line 5. — à faire passer — To instill. Thi3 clau<;e may be {re(>ly rendered : — To inspire iiis o£&cers and soldiers with tbe noble sentiments of his own heart.
Line 7. — se retrouvent tous — Are ail found, Line 12. — intérêt — Self-interest.
Line 17. — les propriétés — Property — the riglits of property. Line 20. — parure — Ornament.
" l'entretien — The care — the keeping in good order.
Line 21. — ^vêtement — Uniform.
" il n^afficlie pas — He does not make a show of.
Line 24. — maie — Manly.
Line 25. — plirases de cojivention — Conventional phrases. Line 29. — tout entier — In the completeness of his character. The
clause may be translated — Hoche himself is there. Line 31. — rtont II avait &c. — Which he had taken for his motto. « Res non verba — Latin — ^literally, tliings not words.
Page 55.
Line 1. — avec enjouement — Humorously.
Line 3. — grande fille — A grown-up woman. Line 4. — ceJle-ci — This one — viz., the ai-my of the Cherbourg coasts.
" pour en faire &c — To o3er lier to my country.
Line 7. — cliemîns creux — Compare Scott's Lady of the Lake —
" Ever the hollow path twined on." Line 9. — il étouffait — He was stifled — i.e., he could not breathe
freely.
Line 11.— beau — Splendid.
" Il se faisait &c. — He controlled his feelings in the x^rcs-
ence of others.
Line 12. — s'épancliait — Gave vent to his thcughts. " intime — Private.
" on l'y voit &c. — In this we see him thrilled with joy.
Line 14. — devenue — Which had become.
Line 15. — qu'on s'y souvienne — That it may be remembered. See
Note p. 2, 1. 25.
Line 20. — de distraire — To disturb.
Line 22.— fouil!era See Note p. 21, 1. 18.
Line 2A. — me fera écliapper — Will make me escape the ruin of oblivion — The modesty of Hoche leads him to entertain the idea that the only means by which his name can possibly be remembered will be from being associated with some eminent man, such as Jourdan. Line 27. — épineux et restreint — Intricate and restricted — épineux, literally — thorny.
Liné'35. — de s'aboticlier (te. — To form acquaintance and intimacy.
Line 37. — tout ei» luttant — While contencUng.
Line 3S. — Mettons en œuvre — Let us x^ut in practice — let us
practise.
Page 56.
Line 2. — sur la liberté &c. — In regard to freedom of -worship. Line 9. — l'on "*"oit — "We see.
«• combien en cet égard &c. — How much superiorhe "was in
tliis respect.
Line 11. — par politique — As a matter of policy — from motives of
policy.
Line 13. — soumises &c. — Placed under his command. Line 14. — s'en fit des amis — Should make friends of them. Line 19. — qu'on vint en aide — That assistance should be given. Line 21. — U faut donner &c. — Some aid must be given. Line 23. — à propos — Opportunely — as occasion required. Line 2S. — d'avoir à se plaindre — To hâve reason to complain. Line 30. — aspiraient au repos — "SVere anxious for peace.
Page 57.
Line 5. — s'étaient armés — In pronominal verbs, when the reflec-
tive pronoun is the direct object of the verb, the participle
agrées with the object, just as if the verb were conju-
gated with avoir. See D. F. 591.
Line 8. — quinzaine — Of this class of numéral nouns there are
many in French. Dozen and score are about the only
ones we hâve in English.
Line 17. — profitant de ses loisirs — Taking advantage of his leisure
time.
Line 18. — fi* venir des livres — Sent for books. Line 20. — dont un vieux prêtre &c. — Thenidiments of which an
old priest had taught him. See page 1, 1. 19, and Note
Line 22. — trempée — Tempered.
Line 25. — Tacite — Tacitus — the celebrated Eomaa mstorian. Line 29. — se faisait — Existed.
Line 34. — pour qu'une — For a real peace to be possible. The con-
junction pour que is used after trop and some verbs,
and requires the subjunctive mood. See p. 59, 1. 21. Line 36. — guettant — watching for.
CHAPTER m.
CORMATIN — HIS ATTE\rPT TO DECEIVZ TttE REPUBLICANS — FJEST TBEATT OF PEAGE AT .lAUNAYE — TBEATY OF MABILAIS — SUSPICIONS ENTER- TAINED BY HOCHE — HIS PAtNFUL SITUATION — THE REPRESENTATIVES — -CXHAPPY STATE OF LA VENDEE AND BRITTANY — ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HOCHE — HIS LETTERS TO THE CO^rS^TTEE AND TO LE VENEUR — PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF BREST — PROOF OF CORMATIN'S TREACHERY — HIS ARHEST — RENEWAL OF THE WAR —
arrival of an english squadron.
Page 58.
Line 3. — sons maîa^Secretly — literally, underhand. Distingmsh
from sous la main. See ÎTote p. 53, 1. 20. Line 5. — le pins autorisé — The most influential. Line 7. — depnis six mois — Six months previously. Line 8. — la trame onnlie &c. — The scheme concocted by him —
literally — the web woven by him.
Line 12. — le mot d'oi-di-e — The word of command — their orders. Line 13. — la guerre à ontrance — A mortal struggle — à outrance is
literally — to excess, from outre, beyond. Line 16. — intempestive — Untimely.
" pût — The relative takes the subjunctive when it cornes
aiter a superlative, and frequently after expressions of a
similar character, as hère, after tout. D. F. o7i. Line 18. — de prêter son concours — To lend his aid — i.e., to take
any part.
Line T9. — dont &c. — Dont dépends on clauses, 1. 20. Put oôAV in-
stead of observer, and notice how the construction must
be changed. See Note p. 32, 1. 22.
Line 21. — Ulnsoii-e — Deeeitful.
" propre — Fitted.
Line 24. — * force de — By dint of — by means nf. " était parvenu à — Had succeeded iu.
Line 25. — pour endormir. — In order to lull to sleep. Line 27. — les abuser — Impose upon them. Line 29.— auprès de — To the— See Note p. 32. 1. 24. Line 30. — parvint à s'emparer &c. — Succeeded in gaining entire
coutrol of the mind of Monsieur — See Note p. 52, 1. 16. Line 31. — «" qualité — In his capacity.
Line 33. — affidés — Trusty foUowers.
Line 34. — l'entourage du prince — Those around the prince. This
Word is frequently used in EugUsh, as we hâve no uouu
that exactly expresses the idea.
Ni 'TES. 177
Page 59.
Ling 1.— elle— This word and en in next liue refer to agence
royaliste.
Line 4. — H se' dit dès lors jcc— Thenceforth he declared himself
authorized.
Line 5. — sérieuse — Real — bnâ.pde.
Line 8. — pour les disposer — In order to induce them. Line 11. — apporta — Esbibited.
Line 12. — rapports — Eelations — intercourse. Line 15. — plein d'avenir — With a brillant future — UteraUy — fullof
future.
Line 18. — fin — Keen.»
Line 19. — sur la sincérité — Of the sincerity. Line 20. — les fit partager à Hot-Ue — Imparted them to Hoche. Line 21. — pour que — That — See Note p. 57, 1. 34. Line 23. — commissaires — Commissioners.
Line 24. — avaient liate &c. — Were auxious to see this destmctive
■war brought to an end.
L-ne 25. — ajoutèrent &:c. — Blindly placed confidence. Line 32. — l'acquittement &c. — Payment of the bonds — i.e., paper
money issued by the royaHst=;.
Line 33. — jusqu'à concurrence &c. — To the amount of two
millions (of franco).
Line 37. — à ce qu'ils formassent — To their forming — à ce que is
what is caUed by some grammarians a " subjunctive
locution" — i.e., a phrase requiring the subjunctive
mood after it.
Line 38. — peu nombreuse — Xot very large. Line 39. — repartie — Distinguish répariir, to divide, which is regular
from repartir, to set out again, vrhich is conjugated like
partir. D.F. 240.
•• an foj-er même — In the centre. Note the différence of
meaning of même before and after a noun. Page 60.
Line 3. — Xantes — An important sea-porton the Loire, about thirty
milf^s from its mouth.
Tiine 9. — où il lui fut fait — "\Yhere he was accorded. Line 16. — elle le fut — le refers to signée. — In translating, supply
" signed." Line 21. — l'on put croire complète — Might he considered complète. Line 30. — ne tinrent &c. — Paid no attention to. Line 31. — apportèrent nous l'avons vu — Exhibited, as we hâve
seen.
ryS NOTES.
Line 35. — l'on trouve — We find.
Line 38. — anjourd'liui — The archaic word hui (from Latin hodie) means this day, so that ce jour d'hui, and aujourd'hui are rather tRutolo<;ical.
Line 39.— j'ai fait remarquer — I pointed out — Students frequently find a difficulty in translating the Freuch Preterite Indefinite. Tbis tense can be rendered by the English Présent Perfect only •«•ben it refers to an action taking place in a period of which the présent forms a part. If the référence is to time altogether past, as hère, the Past Indefinite must be used in translating.
Page 61.
Line 1. — d'elles — Of them — i.e., of the floeks.
Line 2. — Bons anciens— Good people of the olden time — referring
to the ancient Eomans, who derived many omens from
the voices and flight of birds. Hence are derived our
words auspices, augury, &c.
" eussiez-vous — See Note p. 9, 1. 19.
" là— In that circumstancc.
Line 3. — de ce qui doit an-ivei- — Of what must happen — is to
happen.
Line 16. — que donne &c. — See Note p. 2, 1. 20. Line 18. — gens médiocres — Men of only moderate ability — See
Note p. 21, 1. 8 — For construction of gens, see D.F. 407. Line 21. — pour se donner — In giving themselves out — inproclaim
ing themselves.
Line 22. — sur — As to.
Line 25. — en conséquence — ^Accordingly — i.e., each according to
his own views.
Line 27. — à celle — For that — to substitute /or, is substituer à. Line 29. — à combattre l'anarcliie — To contend with anarchy. Line 32. — les fonctionnaires &c.— The officiais who were notable.
Page 62.
Line 2. — s'y porter à — To abandon themselves to — i.e., to commit.
Line 5. — encliainaient — Fettered.
Line 8. — *»» butte a — Expoaed to — a mark for.
Line 10. — dont &c. — This word dépends on se plaindre, which takes
de before the noun signifying the person complainedof ;
se plaindre de quelqu'un, to complain of some one. Line 14. — entretenu — Kept.
Line 21. — pelotons — Platoons.
Line 29. — jnsqu'à ce Jour — So far — hitherto. Lme 37. — ojt y passait &c. — ^Reviews took place. " panaclies — Plumes.
Line 2. — et qui se révèle — See Note, p. 5, 1. 33— Verbs whose in-
finitive ends in éler change the e iuio è before the e mute endings.
Line 5.— baUotté— Badgered— literaUy, knocked about like a bail. Line 6. — Sachez — Learn — hear — i.e. I will teU you.
" on me fait — Are heaped upon me.
Line 8. — U. y a. vlu. an — A year ago. Line 9. — cacliot bien Inuuiile — Omit bien in translating. See
Note, p. 4, 1. 14.
Line 10. — corrigé — Cured— î.e. o4<the habit of speaking the truth.
" que — Whether.
Line 12.^Heurenx habitant &c. — Le Veneur who was at thia
time Uving in Morbihan, in Brittany.
Line 13.— q^e ne suis-je &c. — Oh ! that I were in your place. — Que foUowed by ne used witu a verb in the indicative, expresses a strong désire. Compare Corneille, Horace, Acte rV. Scène II. — " Que n'a-t-cn vu périr en lui le nom d'Horace !" Line 16. — en — At tlois ne-.vs.
Line 17.— l'empoi-tera — Win the day.
Line 19. — méconnu — Misuuderstood.
Line 22. — anprès de sa comiiagiie — "With his wife. Line 25.— pwissé-je— Would that I might.
Line 26. — "Va — It is generallj- impossible to translate va, ae well as other parts of aller, viseà&% exclamations, with anything Kke précision. Omit it hère. It means — " I care not," or something similar.
Line 28.— fi^èrent—Decided.
Line 30. — ne met pas &c. — ^Does not protect from. Line 33.— Panthéon— Foi-merly the church of St. Geneviève. In 1791, the Assembly decreed that the name Panthéon Bhould be given to it, and that it should be a monument to the memory of the great men of France. Thi; inscription was placed on the front : " Aux grands hommes la patrie réconnaissante." Mirabeau was its first occupant. In 1852 it again became a church.
To ascend the steps of the Panthéon, is hâve one's ^ame enrolled among the great men of the nation.
î 80 NOTES.
Line 34.
Line 37.
—de —en
titwotitre-
-R^moved — i.e -Nominally.
Page
from his command G4.
Line 1. — pour témoigner — In showing.
Line 2. — puisée dans — Founded ou — the resiût of.
Line 6. — devenait — Was becoming.
Line 7. — tlans la prévision &c. — With the knowledge that a now
insurrection was to take place.
Lino 8. — s'entendaient pour accaparer — Were making arrangements to monopolize.
Line 11. — interdisaient à celles-ci — Forbade the latter to mako
forced réquisitions and to pillage.
Line 12. — la disette se fit sentir — Scarcity of food made itsel
felt. Line 13. — embauclier — To entice away— to incite to désert. From en and O. Fr. bauche. Compare Enghshcïe6auc?i from same root.
Line 15. — tout en se fermant &c. — While confining himsell
strictly to his instructions.
Line 16.— sut, —Was able. See D. F. 268. Line 17. — beaucoup d'égards &c. — Many marks of respect, and
much kindness.
Line 23.— pri-e— Holà.
Line 26. — H ne perdait &c. — He never lost sight of Cormatin. Line 28. — en plus d'une- See Note, p. 40, 1. 14. Line 29. — son insupportable &c. — His intolérable fcoasting. Line 32. — se posa comme arbitre — Assumed the attitude oî
arbiter.
Line 33. — disait-il — He used to say.
Line 34. — à moi et debout — With me and up in arms. Line 35. — 1» preuve &c.— The written proof whichhe had ardently desired.
Page 65
Line 3. — reprise — Rene-u-al.
Line 12. — à l'égard &c. — With respect to the royalist leaders who had submitted in good faith.
Line 15. — communes — Equivalent, to some extent, to our Townships, and the English Parishes — The smallest divisioM of France having separate administrations.
Line 17. — pour disposer seul — To hâve entire control.
Line 23. — 1» prochaine apparition — The early appearance
Line 27. — aux mains — To blcws.
" s'éiuieiit livre etc. — Bloody battles had taken place,
Linc 33. — repousse — Kejected.
Line 36. — trop — Too copiously.
Line 38.— soumettront— See Note, p. 21, 1. 13.
Page 66
Line 1. — ^jusqu'à Sec. — TTntiî they hâve aid down their arms. Line 3.— que je m'en prendrai &c.— Th?. I shall chiefly direct
my attention.
Line 6. — en tous .sens — In ail directions. Lire 9. — fnt en feu — Was in flame.
Line 13. — vint mouiller— cast anchor Liue 14.— la baie de Q,uiijeron- -A bay south of the Department
of Morbihan in Brittanj'. See Map.
CHAPTER lY.
IKOOPS FEOM ENGLAND — THE TABIOUS BEGUTENTS — ERROES OF THE EXPEDITION — QUIBERON — THE TROOPS DISEIIBARKED — HOCHE .UJ- VANCES — EXGAGEMEXT AT SAINTE-BARBE — CRITICAL POSITION OF HOCHE — PUISATE'S PLAN OF ATTACK — CAUSES OF FAILUEE — DEFEAT OF THE BOYAXISTS — LOSSES OF THE ÉjnGBÉS — SOMBREUIL — FORT PENTHIÈVRE — DESERTION OF THE BEPUBLICAN PBISONEES — ATTACK ON THE PENINSULA — DIFFICULTIES — FORT PENTHIÈVRE T.iKEN — STRUGGLE OF THE BOYAXISTS — FRIGHTFUL LOSS — THE PRISONERS — CLAI5IS TO BE TREATED AS PEISONEBS OF WAB — NO EVIDENCE OF A PBOmSE BY HOCHE — EXECUTION OF THE BOYALISTS.
Line 17. — décidé — Induced.
Line 19. — pour tenter &c. — To attempt a landing.
Line 21. — l'armée de Condé — The amiy of émigrés vrith which the
Prince of Condé hadj oined theAustrians andPrussians
in their invasion of France.
Line 2-3. — la solde — The pay — whence soldat. English soldier,
from Latin solidus, a Roman coin. O. Fr. sol. Mod.
Fr. sou. Solde, masc. means balance of an account. Line 25. — cadres — Skeletons — i.e., régiments in which only the
positions of the officers were filled.
Line 26.— appelés &c.— Intended to be filled up.
l82 NOTES.
Line 27. — 1° — Tliis is a contraction for Latin^rimo, in the Êrst place. Similarly 2°, 3°, 4°, and 5° are contracted for the Latin secundo, tertio, quarto, and quinto. In reading, the Vtovàs premièrement, secondement Sic. may be used.
Line 31. — cbef d'escadre — Vice-admiral.
Page 67.
Line 6. — sons-officiers — non-commissioned ofâcers. Jjine 10. — Vauban. — A descendant of the great Vauhan, the cele-
brat-^d m txrj' engineer in the time of Louis XTV. Line 13. — cocarde blanche — See Note, p. 8, 1. 5. Line 16. — matériel en arme? — Store of arms. Line 17. — devait être — Was to be.
Line 18. — débr'=! — Remnants.
Line 24. — ^l'Elk^e — An important river in Europe, rising in Austria
and flowing N. W. into i.-c -\orth Sea. Lme 25. Portsmontli — An important naval station in the south o
England.
" dirigés — Sent on.
Line 31. — 1* comte d'.\rtois — The brother of Louis XVI., aft«r-
wards, from 1824 to 1830, King of the French, under the
title of Charles X.
Line 32. — mettre à la voile — To set sail. Line 33.— *■»«♦«— Mistake.
Line 34. — destiner — Instructing.
Line 35. c'en fut une autre — It was another (mistake) — en refers
to faute.
Line 36. — «*■ qii— See Note, p. 5, 1. 33. Line 38. — dont — Dépends on esprit.
Line 1. — d® l'art — Of the art {of war). Line 2. — beaucoup plus propre — Much better fitted. Line 3. *** rase campagne — In an open country; rase, from
raser to shave — to make smooth.
Line 6. qu'on débarquât — That the landing should take place. •
Line 7. — s^ portât fec. — Should advance rapidly — i.e, into the in-
terior of the country.
Line 10. de les enrégimenter — To form them into régiments.
See p. 66, 1. 2-5.
Line 12. — Louis XVn. — The son of Louis XVI. The poor boy, after the exécution of his father, was placed in charge of a shoemaker uamed Simon, to be brought up in the principles of the Eevolution. It is said that he was very harshly treated by Simon. He died this same year, 1795 aged ten.
" en aiinonçaïit — Announcing at the same time.
Line 16. — la réaction tlierniidorienue — The end of the Eeign oj, Terror, when Robespierre and the other leading Terrorists were guillotined — 9 and 10 Thermidor, year n.— July 27 and 28, 1794.
Line 18. — fractions — Sections — factions.
" les démêlés — The quarrels.
Line 21-— l'empo^a — Carried the day.
Line 22. — décida la descente — Decided on landing.
Line 24, — presqu'île — Peninsula — from presque almost, and île island.
Line 25. — dépasser — Exceeding.
Line 26. — kilomètres — A kilomètre is 1000 mètres ;. a mètre =; 39'37 English inches so that a kilomètre is very nearlyfiveeighths of a mile
Line 35. — George Cadondal — After the failure of the Royalist attempt at Quiberon, this famous Chouan leader escaped to England. Subsequently with Pichegru he was concerned in a plot to assassinate Bonaparte, for which he was executed in 1804.
Page 69.
Linç 1. — faclieiises — ^Vexations.
Line 5. — déguenillés — In rags.
" dépourvus — ^Destitute.
Line 6.— Beaucoup plus aptes &c.— Much better suited for the work of guérillas. — Guérilla is a Spanish word, meaning properly Utile war — diminutive of guerra, war. The name arose fi-om the in-egular kind of warf are carried on in the north of Spain during the Peninsular War.
Line 8. — réciproque — Mutual.
" il en résulta &c. — Thence arose quarrels.
Line 9. — aurait dû être — Ought to hâve been. — The circumflex accent on dû distinguishes it from du. Compare crû, sûr, mûr, &e.
184 NÛL}.S.
Line 13. — pri< d'habiles disposHions — Adopted aV)le measures —
inade skilful an-ang' meuts.
Line 19. — pleine mer — Open Sf !i — as distinguished from bays, &c.
" elle — 'Rtiers to pj-csqu'île.
Line 20. — coupée — Cut o£E.
Line 23. — liorient à Auray — Two towns in Morbihan, the former
to the west, the latter to the east of Quiberon. Line 2G.-— Breit — An important sea-port and naval station in Brit-
tany; dep. Fiuisterre — the most westerly town of any
importance in France — st sounded in this word. «• St. Itlalo — A sea-port of Brittany, directly south of the
island of Jersey. It was from this port that Jacques
Cartier sailed.
Lire 27. — intelligence» — Friends who furnished intelligence — cor-
respondents.
Line 23. — Rennes — An inland to-svn in the same department as
St. Malo.
Line 35. — disponibles — At his disposai — available.
Page 70.
Line 11. — mît tout en oeuvre — Made every effort Line 17. — replier — FaU back.
Line 18. — toujours en possession de — Which still held. Line 22. — serres de près — Closely pressed. Line 24. — cUa loupes canonnières — Gun-boats. Line 25. — enibossées — Lying broadside.
Line 33. — îl fallait faire venir &c. — Provisions had to be brought
from a '■'''stance.
Line 35. — plus ses troupes &c. — The more his troops inereased in
numbers, the greater was the difl&culty of feeding them. Line 37. — de nouveau — Again.
Page 71.
Line 1. — dont il leur &c. — "Whose enclosure he forbade them to
cross. See Note, p. 21, 1. 30.
Line 4. — ^le frappa — Struck him do-n-n. Line 5. — comprima la sédition — Quelled the mutiny. Line 8.— longne-''^»^ — Field-glass — télescope — literally, long-
sight.
Line 11.— sw»" 1** lieux — To the scène. Line 13.-1» Marseil aise — See Note, p. 11, 1. 83. Line 21. — gracieux et sans forfanterie — Courteous and uuosten-
tatious.
Line 23. — altérer — Disfiguring.
Line 24. — ^venait expii-er — Ended.
" sourcil — Jn il, mil (for mille), and ^Z, lis sonnded; in
avril, babil, mil (millet), péril, it is liquid ; and in baril,
clienil, coutil, fusil, gentil, gril, nombril, outil, and
sourcil, it is altogether silent.
Line 25. — héroïque — See Note, p. 11, 1. 12. Line 35. — exaspérées — Irritated — i.e. by the manner in which the
représentatives had comijelied them to furnish food for
the Eepublican army.
Line 36. — en face de lui — In front ôf him.
Page 72.
Line 3. — en apxjarence inexpugnable — Apparentlyimpregnable. In inexpugnable, the g and n are pronotmced separately. each having its proper articulation.
Line 4. — bien exécuté — If it had been well carried out.
Line 8. — soulevées — Who had risen — i.e., insuj;gent.
Line 9. — fondre sur — To fall on — to attack. " les derrières — The .rera".
Line 13. — des cliasse-maiée — The name given to the luggers or fishing-boats used by the French fishennen of Brittany and Normandy ; cornipted in the south of England by the sailors into " Chase-Mary." Observe thatthi s noun has the same form singular and plural. SeeD.F. 416 (2).
Line 16. — éprouvés — Tried — experienced.
Line 17. — Q,uiniper — A tovra west of Quiberon — dep. Finisterre.
Line 19. — à revers — In the rear.
Line 22. — fit écliouer fcc — Caused the failure of this skilfully arranged plan.
Line 24. — s'assurer de — To secure.
Line 25. — pour enlever — To seize.
Line 26. — projetait maintenant — Was now planning.
" Saint-Brieuc — or Brieux — A town of Brittany, west of
St. Malo.
Line 27. — étaient lieureusemeat &c — Had landed safely,
Line 29. — elle — Eeferring to Vagence royaliste, 1. 21.
Line 30. — à regret — Unwillingly.
Line 38. — confiant dans — Eelying on.
Line 35. — lui perscrivil — Instructed him.
Line 37. — en essayant de se lier — Endeavoring at the eame time to effect a jitnctiou.
Liue 38. — Une première fusée &c • A first rocket was to be sent up. Liue40. — dans le cas oii Scr — In case he should be repulsed, and should uot be able to hold his position on the sLore.
