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49.  12.  nun  erst:  for  erst  see  note,  p.  151.  19,  and  note  the  use  of
nun  sor  now'  when  relation  to  past  events  is  indicated;
jetzt  has  no  such  reference,  e.g.  ich  habe  mein  Versprechen
  (’(promise’)  erfüllt,  nun  erfüllen  Sie  das  Ihrige
und  thun  Sie  es  jetzt!

dachte  er  daran,  zu  nehmen,:  see  note,  p.  9  I.  4.

14.  auf  Meilenweite  hinaus,  tor  miles  away“;  such  combinations
  of  prep.  with  hin  (away’)  and  her  ('towards’)
are  very  common:  von  England  her,  nach  Frankreich  hin,
zum  Fenster  hinaus,  vom  Anfang  her  (7“  from  the  very
beginning'),  auf  Ihr  Wort  hin  (  on  your  word.).

U,  19.  ließ  er  sich  berichten:  lit.  he  ordered  the  reporting  to
himself’“;  berichten  implies  to  give  a  detailed  account
(generally  in  writing),  whereas  melden  (1.  8)  is  #to  notify
a  fact’  (generally  by  word  of  mouth);  ein  Posten  meldet,
was  er  beobachtet  hat  an  outpost  reports  what  he  has
observed’;  ein  Berichterstatter  a  ne#spaper-reporter.

P,  26.  verbringen,  or  zubringen,  to  spend  time’;  ausgeben  to
spend  moner.

„,  30.  LCalt  es  doch:  see  note,  p.  3  I.  7.

50.  2.  Marschall  Bazaine  (1871—88)  fought  in  the  Crimean
War  (Krimkrieg)  and  in  Alexico.  In  OCctober  1870  he
surrendered  with  his  whole  army  at  Metz,  was  in  1873  condemned
  by  the  French  as  a  traitor,  escaped  from  captirity  im
the  island  of  St.  Alarguerite,  and  passed  the  rest  of  his  life  at
Aladrid.

8.  Kronprinzen  von  Sachsen:  Albert,  ihe  eldest  son  of
King  John  of  Saxony,  an  able  soldier,  ommanded  the  4th
Army  (Maas-Armce)  at  Sedan  and  before  Paris.  In  1873
he  succeeded  to  the  throne  of  Saxony  and  still  lives  (1902),
the  last  survivor  of  the  heroes  of  the  great  war.

11.  Bar-le-Duc,  on  the  Ornain,  capital  of  the  Department  of
La  Nleuse.  The  king  was  familiar  wih  the  region  he  was
now  traversing,  though  it  was  more  than  fifty  years  (18714)
since  he  had  marched  with  the  allied  sovereigns  towards  Paris.

P,  16.  schwenkten  nach  rechts:  This  operation  was  one  of  the
most  wonderful  episodes  of  modern  war,  Carried  out  dexterously,
  smartly,  without  confusion  and  with  amazing  speed.
(A.  Forbes.)

18.  Beaumont:  a  village  twelve  miles  S.  of  Sedan,  from  which
the  French  were  driven  over  the  Mleuse.

„  21.  Sedan:  on  the  Aleuse,  close  to  ihe  Belgian  fronticr,  surrounded
  by  the  obsolete  fortißcations  of  Vauban.  The