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TBOOPS rKOM KNOLAND — THE VAJtlOUB BEOIMEXTB — ElUlOlUI OF TU» SXPEDITIOM — QUIBERON — TH£ TR00P8 DISEMBABUU) — BOCmi ▲!>• VANCEB — ENOAOEMENT AT SAINTE-BABllE — CRITICAL POSITION 09 HOCHE — PUISAYE'S l'LAN OK ATTACK — CAU.SKS OV FAIX^UIUE— DEFIAT OP THE nOYAXISTS — L088E8 OF THJ; 1-ImIOUÉS — BOMBHEt'IL — FOBT PENTHIÈVIIE — DESERTION OP THE REPL'DLICAN PRISON ERS — ATTACK ON THE PENINSDLA — DIPKICULTIKfi — FORT PKNTUlhVKE TAKXN — 8TRUGOLE OF THE ROTALISTH — FUIGUTVUL I.OBS — THE PaiBONCBA — OLAIMS TO BE TREATED AS PRIBONERS OF WAB — NO rMI>ENCB OF A PROMISE BY HOCUE — EXECUTION OF TU* ROYALIBTB.
Line 17. — tl^cld^ — Induced.
Line 10. — pour ieni««r ^c. — To attempt a l.indiujç.
Line 21. — l'ui-ni^e «le Vonilé — Tho amiy o( rmijrr/* with wMch Ui«
Prince of Condé had) oinod tbe Auslriana and PiuitiaiiM
in thoir invasion of France.
Line 2). — la «olUe -1 ho pay — whence ioldat. Enj^lith toldi^,
from Latin aolidus, % Roman coin. O. Fr. iol. Mod.
Fr. $uu. Soldf, maac. meAns balance of an accoont. Lin»' 2... «ntlreii — Skclctons— i.a., regimenta in which onlj ih*
poHition» of tlie ofBcora wcro f\llpd.
Line 26. — «ppol6« JLx. — Lntcudod to be fillod up.
l82 NOTES. •
Line 27. — 1° — This is a contraction for Latin^riwo, in the first place. Similarly 2°, 8°, 4°, and 5° are contracted for the Latin secundo, tertio, quarto, and quinto. In reading, the words premièrement, secondement Sec. may be used.
Line 31. — chef d^escadre — ^Vice-admiral.
Page 67.
Line 6. — sous-officîers — non-commissioned officers.
Line 10. — Vauban — A descendant of the great Vauban, the célébrât d m. iary eugineer in the time of Louis XIV.
Line 13. — cocai-tte blaiiclie — See Note, p. 8, 1. 5.
Line 16. — matériel en. armes — Store of arms.
Line 17.— devait être — Was to be.
Line 18. — détords — Remnants.
Line 24. — l'ElUe — An important rivo-r in Europe, rising in Austria and flowing N. W. intv.- 1. i . orth Sea.
Line 26. — Portsmoutli — An impoiiant naval station in the south o England.
" dirigés — Sent on.
Line 81. — ^1« comte d'Artois — The brother of Louis XVI., afterwards, from 1824 to 1830, King of the French, xinderthe title of Charles X.
Line 32. — mettre à la voile — To set sail.
Line 33. — faute— Mistake.
Line 34. — destiner — Instructing.
Line 35. — c'e» *"«* «»© autre — It was another (mistake) — en refera
to faute.
Line 36.— et qui— See Note, p. 5, 1. 33.
Line 38. — dont — Dépends on esprit.
Page 68.
Line 1. — de l'art — Of the art (of war). Line 2.— ^««-««îoup plus propre— Much better fitted. Line 3. — en. 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. — se portât &c. — Should advance rapidly — i.e, into the in-
terior of the country.
Line 10.— de les enrégimenter — To form them into j'egiments.
See p. 66, 1. 25.
Line 12.— l.oul« TVU,— Tho Ron of Louis XTL The poor boy, aftcr tho éxecution of his futher, was plAced in charge of a Hhoemakcr named Simon, io be bronght np in the principlers of the Révolution. It i • ' " v
harshly treatc'd by Simon. Hod.' .
aged teu.
" en annonçant — Announcing at the aame time.
Line 16. — la réaftion tIi<>rinldorIenne — The end of the Beign of Terror, when Robespierre and the other leading Terrorista were guillotined — 9 and 10 Thermidor, yoar n.— July 27 and 28, 1794.
Line 1 8. — fraction» — Sections — factions. " les déin^lo)! — The quarrels.
Lille 21.— l*«»np»»'<a — Carried tlie day.
Line 22. — décida la dencenf e — Decided on landing.
Line 24, — presqu'île — Peninsula — from presque almoBt, and ï/«»
ifiland.
Line 25. — depaH»or — Exceeding.
Line 26. — kllomrtres — A kilom^tre is 1000 mMrcs ;. a ai" •
English inches so that a kilonii-lro is vcry 1
eighths of a mile Line 35. — Geor;;e Ca<loudal — Aitcr tho failnre of tlif i;.-. i'...t
attempt at Quiboron, this famous ('honan l«-iu1rr •• ra; .1
to England. Subsequontly with l'ichrgni he waa con-
cemed in a plot to assassinate Bonaparte, for which h«
was executcd in 1804.
Paoi 69.
Line 1. — fachf»a«e»i — VexatiouB,
Line 6. — ilefs;ueMin«'i« — In rags.
" d^ponrva*— Destitute.
Line 6. — ll^'aucoup iilui apte* Sic. — Mnoh better ttiited for the work of guorill'iH. — Cucrilla i» a Spani«h Word, mcauing proporly hitlr war — diminutivn of nurrra, war. Tho naine arose froni th<« irroK'uUr K • tcdnn
in tho north of Si'.un tliiring tli-
Line 8. — ré«lpr<Miiir — MutuiU.
«« il m r«'«4iillJ» it'O. — Thriu-c .1
Line 9. — ««irnii ilA iUrr — Ouglit U' I rh^ rirriimf!»»»
nccent on dil distingaiuheii il finm tin. Compare cri^ .tf?r, mûr, «te.
Line 13. — pri< d'Jiabiles dispos U ions — Adopted able measnres—
made skilful arrangements.
Line 19. — pleine mei- — Open sea — as distinguished from bays, <fec.
'* elle— Eefers to presqu'île.
Line 20. — coupée — Cut off.
Line 25. — liorient à Anray-— Two towns in Morbihan, the former
to the west, tho latter to the east of Quiberon. Lino 26.— Brest — An important sea-port and naval station in Brit-
tany; dep. Finisterre — the most westerly town of any
importance in France — st sounded in this word. ** St. Malo — A sea-port of Brittany, directly south of the
island of Jersey. It was from thia port that Jacques
Cartier sailed.
Lire 27— i™*©!!*»®"*'®* — Friends who fumished intelligence — cor-
respondents.
Line 28. — Rennes — An inland town in the same department as
St. Malo.
Line 35. — disponibles — At his disposai — available.
Page 70.
Line 11. — mit tout en œuvre — Made every effort.- Line 17.— replier — ^Fall back.
Line 18. — toujours en possession de — Which still held. Line 22. — serrés de près — Closely pressed. Line 24. — chaloupes canonnières — Gun-boats. Line 25. — enibossées — Lying broadside.
Line 33.— « fallait faire venir &c.— Provisions had to be brought
from a f'istance.
Line 35.— plws ses troupes &c. — The more his troops increased in
numbers, the greater was the difficulty 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 down.
Line 5. — comprima la sédition — Quelled the mutiny. Line 8. — longue-vue — Field-glass — télescope — literally, long-
sight.
Line 11. — swr 1®» lieux— To the scène.
Line 13.-^» Marseîlïaise—See Note, p. 11, 1. 38. Line 21. — gracieux et sanii forfanterie --Coiirteons and unosten-
tatious.
