La fatigue l'avait emporté. — Fatigue had prevailed

7. A couvert du feu des Russes par un pli de terrain. — Sheltered from the fire of the Kussians by the inequality of the ground. Un pli de terrain is' a hollow, a natural furrow or dépression in the surface of the land.

8. Rue de Provence. — Provence St., in Paris. In Prench the words rue, place, avenue, etc., précède the name instead of following as in English; as, Place Louis XV. , Faubourg Saint-A?itoine.

9. Vous allez en voir de grises. — You are going to hâve hot work, or you'll hâve a rough time of it. Grises hère agrées with some féminine noun represented by en. Gris, gray, in speaking of the weather, means raw, gloomy ; hence it is used figuratively, as in this sentence, in the sensé of rough, unpleasant, disagreeable.

10. Un assez gros éclat m'enleva mon shako. — A pretty large splinter knocked off my shako. This is the primary meaning of éclat, viz., a portion detached from a hard body by a sudden force; as, Il fut blessé d'un éclat de pierre, he was hurt by a splinter of rock. Such a rupture being generally accompanied by a sudden and violent noise, this sound is also called éclat. By further extension, this word is applied to the ifitensity with which vivid light, and consequently a polished surface, a bright color strikes the eye ; also to magnificence and splendor of every kind. The meanings of éclatant correspond to those of éclat.