qui tousse, coughing. — 5. se gênait, see note 4, p
Page 27. 2. il s'est entendu, ke had an under standing, mode a bar gain.
Page 29. 1. Napoléon escaped from Elba and landed at Cannes m the south of France, March 1, 181 5. — 2. donnait, = luisait. — 3. le dos rond, with stooping shoulders.
Page 30. 1. fit-il; see note 4, p. 5. — 2. là-bas, yonder f i.e., in Paris. — 3. bien is redundant after ou, like English else after or. — 4. montait la garde, was on guard. — 5. consigné, confined. — 6. soi-disant, ostensibly.
Page 31. 1. la ville de Bâle; see note 2, p. 15. — 2. enl' air, aroused, up in arms. le Haut-Rhin (upper Rhiné) and le Jura were departments of France. — 3. Lons-le-Saunier is thé capital of the department of the Jura. — 4. quatre à quatre, four byfour, i, e., four steps at a Urne,
Page 32. 1. cocarde tricolore; see note 5, p. 1. — 2. se remet en travers, is turning upside down. — 3. bûches, logs, blockheads. — 4. à quoi cela me servait - il, what good did that do me ?
Page 33. 1. avancée, out-works (of a fort). — 2. arrive, corne on. — 3. rien que de le voir, merely on seeing him. — 4. malle, mail-coach. — 5. la porte d' Allemagne ; see note 3, p. 12. — 6. place d' Armes, parade ground.
Page 34. 1. S* engouffra, disappeared ; lit, was engulfed. — 2. donnait ; see note 2, p. 29.
Page 35. 1. Buonàparte. The Royalists used this, the original spelhng of the name, to call attention to the fact that B. was a f oreigner. — 2. Ney was one of Napoleon's ablest gênerais. On the escape of the latter from Elba, Ney was sent against him, but espoused the cause of his former chief and took a prominent part in the battle of Waterloo. He was afterwards arrested, tried for treason and executed. — 3. curés, priests. — 4. forte, startling. — 5. s'était mis hors la loi, hadforfeited his rights ; lit., had put himself outside of the law.
Page 36. 1. nous donna la chair de poule, made ourfiesh creep. la chair de poule is, in English, " gooseflesh" — 2. canne à épée, sword cane, sword stick. — 3. d'un seul coup ; see note 3, p. 9.
Page 38. I. non plus, either. — 2. l'autre, Napoléon. He was frequently so called by his partisans. — 3. retourné, turned upside down. — 4. étalages, stalls. — 5. prises, pinches (of snuff). — 6. le commerce reprend, business is improving.
Page 39. 1. la santé (va bien).
Page 40. 1. qui recommence, beginning again; see note 4, p. 26. — 2. offices, public worskip.
Page 41. 1. les Droits de 1' homme was a sort of "Déclaration of Independence," prefixed to the Constitution of 1791. It declared the equality of ail citizens before the law and the sovereignty of the people. — 2. le comte d* Artois was a brother of Louis XVI. and of Louis XVII I. He became King in 1824 under the title of Charles X. — 3. grades, rank (in the artny). — 4. dans le temps, formerly. — 5. V autre; see note 2, p. 38. — 6. la sainte ampoule was the vial containing the oil with which the Kings of France were anointed. It was broken by the Revolutionists in 1794, but a small fragment was saved. This was, however, not used in anointing Napoléon.
Page 42. 1. les Bourbons were the royal house of France, to which ail the kings from Henry IV., to Charles X., belonged.
Page 43. 1. de long en large; see note 3, p. 15. — 2. vous donnera raison, will agrée with you.
Page 44. 1. se faisait du bon sang, rejoiced. — 2. à bas les émigrés, down with the emigrants ; see note 1, p. 6. — 3. comme je mettais le crochet, as 1 fastened the hook (of the shutter).
Page 45. 1. me donna froid, made me shiver. — 2. bien; see note 3, p. 30. — 3. In 1809, after returning from his campaign in Austria, Napoléon was at the height of his power. — 4. débouchait, corne ont, — 5. borne, curb-stone. — 6. corps de garde, guardroom.
Page 46. 1. portez armes, carry arms / arme bras, support arms! — 2. serrez les rangs, close up the ranks! — 3. S(a) M(ajesté).
Page 48. I. quand, even if. — 2. chez nous, our country, France. — 3. From 1792 to 1800 the French fought mostly on the défensive. When they invaded Spain they were unsuccessful. — 4. This refers to the American Révolution. — 5. leur coup est fait, their trick is done ; i. e., their purpose is accomplished. — 6. il voyait tout en beau ; see note 2, p. 24.
Page 50. 1. patraque means any worn-out pièce of machinery.
Hère, oJd-Jhshioned fire-amu, — 2. génie, engineer corps, — 3. Metz, a strongly fortified town near the présent boundary between France and Germany. It is about 25 miles N. W. of Phalsbourg.— 4. bouches à feu, cannons.
Page 51. 1. U charge en douze temps, loading at twdvt counts or commands, — 2. me remonter le cœur, char meup, — 3. soldats d' élite, piched troops.
Page 52. 1. faire un tour, take a walk, — 2. esprit, sensé,— $. see note 1. p. 33.
Page 53. 1. homme bon, why not bon homme ?— 2. dans le temps ; see note 4, p. 41.
Page 54. 1. entrain, under way, — 2. petit, thin t light, — 3. traitent de, caU; see note 3, p. 5.
Page 55. 1. prêtant 1* oreille, listening,—2. à la bonne heure, aUright. — 3. rien qu* à voir, merely to see.
Page 58. 1. par entreprise, by contracta — 2. Sarre, a river rising in the Vosges near Phalsbourg. — 3. rien ne me coûtait, nothing was too hard for me, — 4. à serrer les vis (vus), in tightening screws, — 5. ouverte à deux battants, wide open ; i. e., both wings or leaves (battants) were open. — 6. train, artiUery, — 7. génie; see note 2, p. 50.
Page 59, 1. se retourner, sink.
Page 61. 1. mais, why,— 2. à chaudes larmes, bùkrly, — 3. retint, restrained.
Page 62. 1. guêtres, leggings, — 2. chambrée, mess room, — 3. Hanaii ; see note 1, p. 18.
Page 63. 1. leva, cîeared, — 2. il ne s'agit plus, it is no longer a question, — 3. se trouve enjeu, is at s take.
Page 64. 1. chambrée ; see note 2, p. 62.-2. corps de garde, guard-rootn, — 3. avancée ; see note 1, p. 33.
Page 65. Sarrebourg about 10 miles west of Phalsbourg, near Harbergafew miles south of the latter. — 2. schlitteur, sledder, one who brings wood down the mountain with a schlitte or sied (German schlitten). — 3. Metz, is about 50 miles in a straight Une
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north-westof Sarrebourg. — 4. à volonté, at wiff. Each one carried his gun as he pleased. — 5. en dedans, turned in.
Page 66. 1. retourner, to turn out. — 2. effets, materials.-~$. mettre P arme au pied, to ground arms.
Page 67. 1. prêt, payment.—2. leur en voulait, had a grudge against them.
Page 69. 1. en avant, forward ! — 2. marquer le pas, to mark time. — 3. Thionville is about 18 miles north of Metz.
Page 70. 1. ça va chauffer, ifs going to be hot. — 2. à perte de vue, until lost front sight ; i. e.,fartker thanyou could see.
Page 71. 1. Meuse, the name of a river; see map. — 2. nous régarder le blanc des yeux avec les Prussiens ; more commonly, regarder les Prussiens dans *t blanc des yeux. — 3. noce, "dance" "bail" — 4. en faisceaux, stacked; lit., in bundles.
Page 72. 1. At Marengo (June 14, 1800,), Napoléon defeated the Austrians; at Friedland (June 14, 1807,), the Russians. — 2. en veulent ; see note 2, p. 67.
Page 73. 1. Droits de F homme ; see note 1, p, 41. — 2. dans le temps ; see note 4, p. 41. — 3. languir, hesitate.
Page 74. 1. la distribution (des vivres).— 2. retraite; see note 1, p. 22.-3. achlitte; see note 2, p. 65.— 4/ s'engager, to enlist.
Page 75. 1. en beau ; see note 2, p. 24. — 2. arranger, settle. — 3. ils vont en voir des dures, they are going to see hard times. — 4. In translating, Jean Bûche becomes the object of laissé. — 5. en route, forward.
Page 76. 1. grisonnait, tnade gray. This verb is, properly, intransitive only. — 2. ventre à terre, at full speed (so that the horse's body almost touched the earth). — 3. qui vive, who goes there?
Page 77. 1. Bourmont, who had always been somewhat of a turncoat, deserted to the Prussians, June 14. — 2. en avant; see note 1, p. 69. — 3. pas de charge, double-quick ; lit., charge step.
Page 78. 1. Sambre ; see map. — 2. appuyer» to incline, turn.— 3. pain de ménage, home-made bread.
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Page 79- l - cantonnements, quarters, camps. — 2. enlevé; see note 2, p. 1.
Page 80. 1. Fleuras, (pronounced fieuruss). — 2. feux de peloton, platoon firing.
Page 81. 1. Quatre -Bras, " Cross -Roads"\ see Unes 22-24, p. 115.
Page 82. 1. cela tous tombait sous le bon sens, thatwasa matter of course.
Page 83. 1. je me moque bien de P odeur du bois, Vm not in the least concernée about the stneli of the wood. — 2. à perte de vue ; see Aote 2, p. 70.
Page 84. 1. donné, attached.
Page 85. 1. ver da, or better wer da, is the German for qui vive ; see note 3, p. 76.
Page 86. 1. un bond fonds, a warm fee/ing.—2. la croix (de la Légion d* honneur) was given by Napoléon for distinguished bravery. — 3. le mât de cocagne was a greased pôle at the top of which a prize (bouquet) was placed. — 4. casser une croûte, totake a snack.
Page 87. 1. pousser, push on, advance. — 2. quand; see note 1, p. 48.
Page 88. 1. pli de terrain, hollow. — 2. en train de garnir, in the act of occupying. — 3. venir à bout de (lit., to get to the end of), to get tkrough with, finish. — 4. à mesure, gradually.
Page 89. 1. officiers d' ordonnance, orderlies. — 2 Grouchy, whose failure to appear on the field of Waterloo was probably the chief cause of Napoleon's defeat, was one of the latter's ablest gênerais. It is, however, likely that Napoléon was himself to blâme in not having given Grouchy definite orders. — 3. se reconnaître, to reconnoitre. — 4. voilà les propos qu'on tenait, thafs the kind oj remarks that were made.
Page 91. 1. coûte que coûte, cost what it may.-* 2. musiques, bands.
Page 92. 1. ventre à terre; see note 2, p. 76. — 2. pas accéléré, quick time.
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Page 93» !• rabotant (lit., planing), plowing up. — 2. rafles, volleys.
Page 94. 1. au pas de course, <?« a run. — 2. principalement, tspecially.
Page 95. 1. c'est à peine si Ton s'entendait, one hardîy hearâ or understood (the others)* — 2. à bout de ; see note 3, p. 88. — 3. à perte de vue ; see note 2, p. 70.
Page 96. 1. d'un seul coup ; see note 3, p. 9.
Page 97. 1. obus, (pron. obuz) shell. — 2. officiers d'ordonnance ; see note 1, p. 89. — 3. à 1' arme blanche (lit., with bright weapons) f with sabres. — 4. uhlans were Prussian cavalry; hussards, French.
Page 98. 1. donnait, looked, faced.
Page 99. I. me retourna le cœur, made me sick atheart.
Page zoo. 1. à travers, in the midst of. — 2. se réveillait, was coming to himself. — 3. il fallait entendre, you should hâve heard. — 4. les indignaient, made them angry.
Page 101. 1. portait, told, took effect. — 2. ou bien; see note 3, p. 30. — 3. tout à l'heure, a short time before.
Page 102. 1. me donna froid; see note 1, p. 45. — 2. devait être, must hâve been. — 3. presse, distress, emergency.
Page 103. 1. battaient en retraite, were retreating. — 2. descendre, to let down. — 3. éclaboussures, fragments (lit., splashes). — 4. voilà les hommes ; see note 3, p. 4.
Page 104. 1. chance, luck. — 2. BlUcher was the commander of the Prussians. — 3. de nous en faire autant, to do the sameto us.
Page 105. 1. coups visés, aimed shols (not fired at random). — 2. tout à V heure, in a short time; compare note 3, p. 10 1. — 3. rempoigner, to attack (lit., clinch) again.
Page 106. 1. à mi-côte, halfway (up the hill).
Page 107. I. d' Erlon had been with Napoléon in nearly ail his campaigns. What part he took in this one appears farther on. — 2. à force d' entendre, by dint of hearing ; i. e., on account of kearing (so much of it).
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Page 109. 1. rien qu'en parlant de lui. whenever I speak of him (lit., nothing but in speaking of him). — 2. faire la soupe, cook their rations. Soup is of so much importance in the dietary of French soldiers that the word is of ten put for food in gênerai. — 3. administration, hère = distribution in line 24 below. — 4. fit partir une amorce, snapped his gun (he burnt the priming in order to make a light).
Page 110. 1. oiseaux de nuit, thieves, marauders. — 2. au petit jour, at day - break.
Page m. 1. devaient se passer de tremper la cuiller, had to do without wetting their spoon , i. e., without eating. — 2. marmite» mess.
Page 112. 1. en voir de dures; see note 3, p. 75. — 2. 18; supply juin. — 3. se remettre au beau, to become clear. . Page 113. 1. hors de combat, disabled; lit., outof thefight.
Page 115. 1. c'est égal ; see note 4, p. 21. — 2. This battle, which was really indecisive, was going on at the same time with the battle of Ligny just described.
Page 116. 1. habits rouges. The English soldiers wore red uniforms. — 2. tomber en faiblesse, to faint. — 3. grasse, slippery. — 4. There seems to be a confusion hère between la Thy and la Dyle. Evidently the latter is meant ; see mar5. — 5. par ici, this way.
Page 117. 1. que voulez vous, what could y ou expert 1 — 2. Napoléon did not wish the English to retreat, for, by so doing they would be likely to form a junction with the Prussians.
Page 118. 1. matines, matins, morning prayers.
Page 119. 1. la générale, the gênerai ; i. e., the signal to prépare to march. — 2. avoir l'habitude de, to be accustomed to.
Page 120. 1. en croix, at right angles. — 2. veulent dire» mean. — 3. Allemands. About half of Wellington^ troops were Germans.
Page i2i. 1. quelle mine on avait, how we look éd. — 2. Reille, who commanded the left wing of the French entered the army when a boy, bec?me lieutenant at 16 years of âge and gênerai at 27. He
distinguished himself in nearly ail of Napoléon '3 campaigns and died in 1860. — 3. à cheval sur, across, on both sides of.
Page 122. 1. rafraîchissaient, cooled. — 2. avaient V air ennuyé, looked disgusted. It is a fact that Napoleon's men were less confident at Waterloo than usual. They were tired of fighting. — 3. à moins d' être de, unless one belonged to.
Page 123. 1. donné, been in action ; see Unes 19-24, p. 104, and 6-1 1, p. 107. Owing to his having received contradictory orders from Ney and Napoléon, d* Erlon was présent neither at Quatre- Bras nor at Ligny. — 2. sec, dulL
Page 124. 1. en bataille, in Une of battle. — 2. de travers, crosswise.
Page 125. 1. à mesure que, in proportion as, justas. — 2. emboîtait le pas, stepped in its place. In military phrase, emboîter le pas is to lock step. — 3. à la montée, on going up t (the s/ope). See description of the ground, p. 119, lines 16-20. — 4. plein, solid.
Page 126. 1. d'outre en outre, through and through. — 2. portaient; see note 1, p. 10 1. — 3. à bout portant, at pointblank. — 4. Thèse were the celebrated " Scotch Grays." — 5. en s' allongeant de côté, stretching out sidewise. — 6. faucher, to eut — 7. en bas, off.
Page 127. 1. cuirassiers and lanciers were French cavalry. — 2. le mors aux dent, wildly ; lit., with the bit in their teeth. Their riders had lost control of them.
Page 128. 1. ramenés, driven back. — 2. c'est à recommencer, w e must go at itagain. — 3. bonnets à poil, bear-skin caps, , Page 229. 1. quartier général, headquarters. — 2. nœud, key. j
Page 130. 1. Allemands ; see note 3. p. 120.
Page 131. 1. donnait; see note 1, p. 98. — 2. croisait, £;/</; croiser la baïonnette means to hold the gun so that it forms a '• cross " with the body.
Page 132. 1. voulait dire ; see note 2, p, 120. — 2. retourna le cœur ; see note 1, p. 99. — 3. avancée, advance works, front.
Page 133. 1. se glorifier, to boast. — 2. en se ramassant bien, in concentrating our forces. — 3. Grouchy ; see note 2, p. 89.
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Page 134. 1. s'entendre, communicate (lit, hâve an understanding). — 2. se doutent, suspect.
Page 135. 1. déborder, to turn, outflank, — 2. This attack began about 4 o'clock. — 3. George Mouton, Count of Lobau, was a native of Phalsbourg. He commandée Napoleon's reserves at Waterloo and was taken prisoner by the English.
Page 136. 1. des carrés rouges est des carrés noirs. The English uniforms were red, the German black. — 2. pli ; see note 1, p. 88.
Page 137. 1. en jeu ; see note 3, p. 63.
Page 139. 1. See p. 73.
Page 140. 1. corps d'élite ; compare soldats d'élite, note 3, p. 51. — 2. sec, thin, lean. — 3. dans le temps; see note 4, p. 41. — 4. Kléber, Hoche and Marceau were among the most famous French gênerais in the early battles of the French Révolution.
Page 141. I* pas, pace, walk. They advanced in ordinary marching time.
Page 142. 1. leur passer sur le ventre, pass over them, trample them underfoot. — 2. le gros de l'averse, the worst of the slorm, — 3. à vue d'œil, visibly, perceptibly.
Page 143. 1. Bulow (or Bùlow), commanded the advanceguard of the Prussians.
Page 144. 1. The fugitives (les malheureux) wished to shelter themselves from the English cavalry by getting behind the Guard. — 2. les couchâmes en joue, aimed at them.
Page 145. 1. de loin en loin, from time to time.
Page 146. 1. tendre la main, to beg. — 2. See note 4, p. 116.
Page 147. 1. gourde, flask, canteen. — 2. en beau; see note 2. p. 24.
Page 149. 1. mettre en joue=coucher en joue ; see note 2, p. 144. — 2. croisée ; see note 2, p. 131.
Page 15a. 1. placard, door {of a closet).
Page 154. 1. de chez nous, at home.
Page 155. 1. comment voulez -vous; compare que voulezvous, note 1, p. 117.
Page 158. 1. pendant la nuit, in thedarkness. — 2. léger, light (in/antry).
Page 159* i. bord de la cheminée, mantel.^2. d'en être quittes à si bon marché, to hâve escaped $0 easily.
Page 160. 1. fait route=marché.
Page 161. 1. 18; supply Juin. — 2. Napoléon abdicated in favor of his son, June 22.
Page 162. 1. Vaugirard, Versailles and Meudon are ail a short distance southwest of Paris. — 2. aussi loin que va le ciel, to the horizon.
Page 164. 1. en route; see note 5, p. 75- —2. Lorrains, natives of- Lorraine, the province in which Phalsbourg is situated.
Page 165. 1. Toul, a city in eastern France, about 70 miles from Phalsbourg. — 2. au compte, at the expense. — 3. Kaiserlicks (Germon, die Kaiserlicheri), Austrians.
Page 167. 1. descendait, stopped.
Page 168. 1. baisse, fails, grows dim. — 2. licenciés; see note 5, p. 2. — 3. les Droits de 1' Homme ; see note 1, p. 41.
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