qui ont du cran, who have nerve , who are game

4. n y en a plusieurs ... de grièvement touchés, for similar use of de see page 33, note 2.

Page 48. — I. H faut profiter de l'occasion, we must seize the opportunity.

2. qui avait fait Charieroi, who had been at Charleroi, The battle of Charleroi was lost by the English and French in August, 1914. It marked the beginning of the great retreat of the Allies in France, just before the victory of the Marne.

3. aux frais de la Princesse, at the expense of the French Republic.

Page 44. — i. la Loire et . . . ses châteaux. The most famous of the French châteaux on the Loire are mentioned here. They were erected or rebuilt during the sixteenth century in the style of the Italian renaissance.

2. Blois, a town in the department of Loir-et-Cher, famous for its castle.

3. Amboise, a chateau town on the Loire, in the department of Indre-et-Loire.