CHAPTER VII

THE ARMY OF THE SAMBRE AND MEUSE—ITS VICTORIES—POSITION OF THE FRENCH ARMIES AT THE BEGINNING Oÿ 1795—DELIGNT OF THE SOLDIERS AT THE APPOINTMENT OF HOCHE—-CHANGE 1N HIS FEEL- INGS—HIS SUCCESS IN GOVERNING THE CONQUERED COUNTRY- CROSSING OF THE RHINE—DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS AT NEUVWIED —PREPARATIONS FOR À NEW MOVEMENT-—NEWS OF PEACE—SUSPEN- SION OF HOSTILITIES—-HOCHE MAKES ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANOTHER IRISH EXPE£DITION—HE GOES TO PARIS TO AID THE DIRECTORY.

Line 21.—dans laquelle &c.—With which the army of the Moselle had been incorporated.

Line 23.—endurcis—Hardened.

Line 24.—aguerris—Inured.

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Line 2.—Ney—One of the most famous of Napoleon's Marshals, and, like many other able generals of that time, of humble parentage, When Napoleon was banished to Elba, Ney made peace with Louis XVIII, but-as soon as he heard of the escape and landing of the Emperor, he deserted and offexed his sword to Bonaparte. After the battle of Waterloo, he was taken prisoner, and shot as a traitor.

Line 8.—prédestinés—Destined,

Line 6.—1a Bohême—Bohemia--the north-west province of Austria, lying next to Bavaria and Saxony,

Line 7.—refoulée en arrière—Driven back.

Line 8.—l'archidue Charles—The archduke Charles—He was the third son of the Emperor Leopold II., and one of the most distinguished of the generals who fought against the French during the wars of the Revolution. Besides many other distinguished victories, he was the first to show by his success at Aspern, in 1809, that Napoleon was not invincible.

Line 9.—s’était repliée— Had fallen back.

Line 10.—à qui—See Note, p. 19, 1 28,

Line 12.—sa retraite—His retirement—te,, that he might be allowed to retire.

Line 18.—ec’est à celui-ci &c.—It was to him that Hoche was appoir:ted successor,

Line 16.—Dusseldorf—A town of Rhenish Prussia, on the Rhine twenty miles below Cologne.

“ Neuwied—A town on the Rhine, à few miles below Coblenz.

Line 18.—ayant en face—Having opposed to him.

sine 19.—Rivoli— A town in northern Italy, not far from Turin.

Line 27.—s’était opéré— Had taken place.

Line 80.—mûri avant l’âge—Grown old before his time—mérir means literally to ripen—from mûr, ripe,

Line 81.—à la fougue-—Depends on avait succédé, 1. 38.

Line 84,—laconique—Laconic—brief—-curt. Derived from Laconicus, Spartan. The ancient Spartans were noted for their economy of words,

‘Line 85.—plus anciens &e —Senior to himself—his seniors.

Line 86.—devenus— Who had now become.

Line 87.—et ne s’épanchait &c.—And he no longer opened his heart except to his intimate friends.

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