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on the S. bank of tüe Loire and capital of the old Province
os Touraine, now chef-lieu du dcpartement dIndre-et-Loire.
The inhabitants are called Tourangeaus.
Lille: a strong fortress in the NE. corner of France on the
Deule Canal and the Riker Lys; it is the centre of the
Black Country’ of Franc.
Orleans: ckaf-lieu die departement du Loiret, on the most
northern point of the Loire.
Vendöme: due W. from Orleans, on the Loire.
Le Mans: due W. from Orleans, on the Sarthe.
— Truppen: sing. die Truppe troop’' soldiers;: e.g. die
Truppengattungen branches of the service.. Der Trupp,
pl. Trupps- gang“ band.'
. Amiens, due N. of Paris, on the Somme.
Bapaume: a fortress in the department Pas de Calais.
St. Quentin: E. of Amiens, on the Somme.
The battles referred to took place in November 1870 and
January 1871. The German Commander was von Goeben
and the French, Faidherbe.
Bourbaki (1816—97) served in the Krimkrieg, in the
Italian campaign of 18 80, and commanded the Ostarmee in
187, (see p. 33 I. r20), when he was defeated by the German
general von Werder.
Garibaldi (1807—82); the celebrated Italian patrict.
Belfort: on the River Savoureuse, s town stronglyfortified by
Vauban and occupvying a most important position in the gap
between the Vosges and the Jura Nlountains. It is the sole
defence of France against an invasion from Switzerland. It
made a brave defence under Col. Denfert-Rochereau and
wWas finally left in the hands of France.
Etappenstraße, lines of communication’ between JNancy
and Paris. Etappe, originallyv German, is borrowcd directiy
from Fr. Zape, and means a depéôt of food for troops on the
march, hence a place where trocps balt.
eingefallen: the full impers. construction would be es
sollte .. eingefallen werden an inroad was to be made
into Germany.-
dann mußte ja : see note, p. 3 1. 24.
mißglückte, fafled.“ Miß= as a preß is generally accented.,
and the verbs Ccompounded with it may take ge“ in the p. p.,
except mißfallen, mißglücken, mißlingen, mißraten and
mißgönnen.
