DUNKIRK BESIEGED BY THE ALLIES-—DILAPIDATED STATE OF THE PLACE

—HOCHE PUTS IT IN A BETTER CONDITION—FRENCH VICTORY AT HONDSCHOTTE-—-SORTIE —RETREAT OF THE ENGLISH—HOCHE PRoO- MOTED—APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF THE MOSELLE —RECENT DEFEATS-—CRITICAL STATE OF THE FRONTIER—DISCIPLINE RE-ESTABLISHED — ENTHUSIASM OF THE ARMY-—PRUSSIANS DRI'’EN BACK—HOCHE REPULSED—-PICHEGRU—HOCHE’S PLANS—DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS—HOCHEZ IN COMMAND OF BOTH ARMIES—-WEISSEN- BOURG TAKEN-—LANDAU DELIVERED.

line 23.—ennemies.—Hostile. In e#nemi the n’s are pronounced as in English; but in ennoblir, and ennui «nd its derivatives they have the nasal sound.

Line 24.—-le due d’York.—$Second soi of George TIT. He was not a brilliant success as a general.

Line 28.—de manière à empécher.—6So as to prevent,

Jine 29.—hors d’état.—Tn no condition.

: .ne 80.—l’enceinte.—There is no term in English to express this, and the French word is generally used, as is the case with very many oter terms relating to fortification. It means the principal wall or rampart surrounding a place, from enceindre to surround. Compare p. 71,1. 1. Pacx 22.

Line 2.—en comptait &c.—Scarcely amounted to the half of that, Jine 5.—fossés.—Ditches or trenches. Distinguish from fosse, a pit.

Line 6.—revêtements.—Another French term adopted in English, but sometimes written revetment. It means the lining of stone or wood on the face of a ditch or other slope to prevent the earth from falling down.

Line 7.-s’etait aliénés.—Had alienated (from themselves): se

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