z. conseiller-général y councillor of state

5. plastronnait. Plastronner means literally to practice fencing (from plastron, a padded leather shield for the breast). Hère it means ** to throw out the chest with a military air."

6. impériale, tuft of hair allowed to grow under the lower lip, while the rest of the chin is shaven. It was made fashionable by Napoléon III; translate **goatee."

7. Baron Pron, prefect of the départaient Bas-Rhin during the Franco- Prussian War.

II. la guerre. War against Prussia was declared by France Jaly 20, 1S70.