CHAPTER VI
CONDITION OF IREL.iND — HOCHE PKEPABES FOE TECE IBISH EXPEDITION — THE FKANC KEGIilENTS — DELAYS IN PKEPABATION — THE ATTITUDE OF THF. DIEECTOBY — SAILING OF THE FLEET — DISASTERS — BANTKY BAY — HOCHE DOES NOT APPEAB — DHTDED COUNSELS — IIETURN OF THE FLEET TO BREST — HOCHE AERHES AND FINDS THE FEEET GONE — • HIS INDIGNATION — FURTHER OPERATIONS AGAINST ENGLAND POST- PONED,
Line 27-— enlevait à— See Note, p, 19, 1. 20. Line 29. — en «'appuyant — By relying.
Line 3].— disp"»»'*>les Available.
Page 96.
Line 5. — qu'il voulait &c. — That he wished to strike.
Line 7. — foyer — Centre.
Line 8. — Irlandais unis — United Irishmen.
Line 12. — pouvait atteindre — Might attain.
Line 17. — saisissait les imaginations — V7as fescinating men's
imaginations.
T,ine 20. — à travers — Over.
<< Arcole — Arcola — a village near Verona in Italy, famous
for a great victory gained by Napoléon over the Aus-
trians, in 1796.
Line 22. — qne je te porte envie — How I envy you. Line 27. — Il û* adopter «fec.— :^e induced the government to adopt
his plan.
Line 31. — Par suite du &c. — In conséquence of the treaty of San
Ildefonso — otherwise called the treaty of La Granja,
from a famous palace of that pâme.
Line 40.— *le combler (te— To supply the great blanks.
Page 97.
Line 3. — pied — Footing.
Liue 4.— devait être — Was to be.
Line 5. — qi«e rendait &c. — See Note, p. 2, 1. 20.
Liue 8. — Francs — Frauks — wlien tbis word is used as a national adjectivc, it takes tlie îeuimine franque, not franche, wbicb is tlie féminine of franc, sincère.
Line 10. — audacieux &c — Daring to rasbncss.
Liue 11. — ïA fautjle dire — It must be confessed.
Line 12. — un reproche — Tbat Hoche sbould bave descended to adopt such a disgraceful metbod of making war,'is only auotber proof how tbe moral sensé of tbe Kepublicaus of tbat period was warped by their malignant hatred^of Englaud. See Appeudix D, page 126.
Line 15. — sappôt — Tool — instrument.
'« ministres pertides — Pitt especially, who was an object
of almost ludicrous teiror and hatred. See Note, p. 19, 1.22.
Line 17. — désoler — Eavage.
" en conséquence — Accordingly — in accordance with tbese
ideas.
Line 19. — gens perdus &c. — Abandoued meu, robbers and murderers.
Line 22. — abuser — Deceive.
Line 23. — sur. — As to.
Line 25. — ^la Saverne — The Sevem — an important river of Englaud, rising in North Wales and flowing into tbe Bristol Cbannel.
Line 32. — l'object d'une note — The subject of a memoraudum.
Line 39. — renseignements — Information.
Page 98.
Line 12. — I^es appio-risionnenients &c. — Tbe victualliug (of tbe
fleet) was not yet complète.
Line 15. — raa\ comblés — Badly filled.
Line 16. — à leur bord — On board their vessels. Line 20. — entend dire — A similar phrase "to hear tell of " is used
in English. Hoche seems to bave believed eveiytbing
be beard regirding Ireland.
Line 25. — que j'ii-ais trouvejç—Tbat I would go and help. Line 31. — on nous fait itc. — The most disagi-eeable scènes are
witnessed hère — more literally, enacted.
2 oc NOTES.
tiiiie 32. — ont bien voulu promettre — Hâve kindlv promised — Compare the use of veuillez, the imperative of vouloir. D. F., 276.
Line 37. — désemparés — ^DisaHed.
Pa&z 99.
Line 7.-:-™e peu* &c. — Cannot and -will not do anythîng.
Line 11. — quitte — Suhjtmctive aftpr obtenez.
Line 15. — raccueillirenfmîeux — Eeceived it with greater pleasure
Line 18. — en lutte — Engiged in a struggle.
" les conseils législatifs— Viz., the Conncil of the An-
cients, and the Council of the Five Hundred. Line 21. — comn»e sur l'homme &c.— As the man best fitted — in
translating omit sur.
Line 25. — ele lui-même— Of his o^wn accord. Line 26. — éloigné — At a distance.
Line 28. — dix — This word and six are prononnced in three différent
wayp. If they a^e followed by a woi-d beginning with a
consonant, the x is sUent; if the next word begins with
a vowel, the x has the soft sonnd of s, as if written dise;
if they stand at the end of a sentence or clause, the x
has the sharp Sound of s, like ce.
Line 31. — déjà Horhe &c.— Hoche had already changed his mind. Line 33. — depuis deux jours — Two days betore. Line 36. — l'avant-garde — The van-guard.
Page 100.
Line 1. — corps de bataille — Main body.
Line 6. — contre-amiraux — Eear-admirals.
Line 8. — La baie de Bantry — Bantry Bay — sonth-west of Ireland in the county of Cork, running north-east; abont twenty-five miles long and three or four wide. The town of Bantry near the head of the bay is the only place of importance on it. It is noted for its beautiiul scenery.
Line 10. — en pleine mer — At sea.
Line 12. — opérer^Effect.
Line 14. — mont tient ensemble — Embarked together in,
Line 19. — se heurtèrent — Collided.
Line 20. — eurent des avaries — Suffered damage.
Line 21. — rade — Eoadstead.
Line 24. — sinistre — Disaster.
Line 25. — donna — Struck.
XOTES. 20 T
Line 26. — du Rnz — Le Raz is the cape at the south of the entrance of the bay leading to the harbonr of Brest.
Line 27. — q»i le montaient — WTio were on board her.
Line 29. — à gagner le large — In reaching the open sea.
Line 30. — croisières — Cruisers.
Line 83. — comme tontes <t'c. — As at ail times when.
Line 34. — une în-rasion &c. — ^A foreign invasion.
Line 36. — saisissant — Striking — remarkable.
Line 37. — pour pen &c. — HoweTer little one may choose to reflect.
Line 33. — l'exposé — Statement — esplanation. The word is used. in English, but al-iravs in a bad. sensé.
Line 40. — la fameuse expédition — Betrv-een 1801 and 18)5 Napoléon several times made préparations to invade England, but his plans were always interrupted by caUs in other directions.
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Line 9. — eût — Subjunctive dependiug on the impersonal phrase
il entrait dans les desseins, Une 6.
Line 11. — à la hantenr &c. — As far cp a? — abreast of the island
Ushant — Ouessant, called by the English Ushant, is an
island off the Breton coast not far from the mouth of
Brest harbour.
Line 18. — itianqnaient — Were missing.
Line 23. — puissant — Xo doubt powerfial enough according to their
own account. For an interesting, if somewhat mythical - story of a similar attempt under Humbert, read Charles
Lever's novel "Maurice Tiemay," chapters 17 and
following.
Line 30. — de mander &c. — To siimmon on board his vessel. Line 32. — pour le cas de — In the event of.
Line 35. — de pénétrer &c. — To proceed to the head of Bantry Bay. Line 40. — ^vingt-huit kilomètres — This -n-ould be only about 18
miles, but the bay is longer than that. See Note, p. 68.
Page 102.
Line 4. — un mouillage &c. — ^Ar insecure anchorage — Sûr was at one time written seur, hence the circumflex, to mark tbe contraction.
Line 6. — trop peu &c. — Tr>o few in number, moreoTer
Line 13. — engloutie — Sunk— literally swallowed up.
Liue 14.— Bravanl—Setting at défiance.
Line 18. — «nit le cap .sur — Steered to\ya.râs— cap, tho head or bow
of the ship. The verbs avoir and porter are also used
with cap to express the same idea.
Liue 24. — couru — Encouutered.
Liue 33. — pièces irréfulables — Unanswerable documents.
" mis en lumière — Brought to light — proved.
Liue 34. — brochure — Pamphlet — so called because simply stitched,
from broche a ueedle. From same word corne theEug-
lish brooch, brocade, &c.
Liue 36.— duquel— See Note, p. 32, 1. 22. Line 37. — l'insuccès — The failure.
Line 39. — malgré lui- Against his will— in spite of himself. Line 40. — px-ovoqua &c. — Was the means of his disniissal.
Page 103.
Line 3. — hors d'état — In no condition.
Line 5. — d'outre-Manche — Beyoud the Channel — compare outremer. Manche masc. means handle; manche fem. sleeve or channel.
ï (ne 8. — frais — Expeuse— /9-azs in this sensé has no singular ; frais in the singular means " freshness." From the former we hâve the ■word " defray." ". U en conçut — It caused him.
