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Hannover, Sachsen, Kurhessen: Hanorer was orl#n lly
ur4—337) under British r#; from 156-+äf a. % of
Queen Vicoria) to 1866 undr constitur u#mal en rchr.
In 1866 George V., tLle band lng, forfened h'is crown and
Hanover became a pre#vinc of Drussla.
Sachsen is a king#m on lle Elle with Dresden for uts
apital.
Kurhessen, now Hessen-Kassch, forms the di#irict (Regie-
rungsbezirk) Kassch of ihe Pro#nce Hessen-Jassau.
. risfiert: borrowed from Fr. v. %%% Wwhich in tirn is derived
from Span. u#ico rcf hence per’l.) The Cerm. equiwa-
lent aufs Spiel setzen, wagen.
. so ist .. gesagt, that does not mean aster all.
ließ kommen, sent for; s0—
sagen lassen to send word to.“
holen lassen to send for.“
einen gewähren lassen to let one go his own wax. “
laßt's gut sein! neber mind.
des Generalstabes: tlus is a bodr of the hignest milltary
authorities appointed for organisation of the armr, the
training of rommanders, and the conduct of war.
Freiherr: Heimuth Karl Eernard von Alolte (r800—0.7),
ihe greatest strategist Cf his t1ime, planned the campaigns
of 1866 and 1870-71.
Langensalza, on the R. Salza, is the district town (Kreis-
stadt) of Erfurt.
hieran = daran = an dem: the an (with dat.) is the pre)p.
required after verhindern.
. Kurfürst, elector. The first component Kur comcs from the
verb küren (Engl. c: it vas P#t of te title of ih
JFürsten who had the right lo elceci ine ELmperor. Hessen-
Kassel did not obtain the tune 11 1303, and u##s the onlfj.
one to retain u (till 18661 after ine dissolution (Auflösung)
#f the German Empire in 1806 (Franz II.).
Generalfeldzeugmeister, Fiellmarshal-Cenerall. In
Austria, Feldzeugmeister seems to correspond to our Ilaior--
General; elsebere it would denote Alaster of Ordnance.
. v. Benedel (1804-381) distinguished himself in 1859 at
Solferino.
. 3Z.= seiner Zeit: cf. r D. 321. 3.
Gitschin: in E. Bohemia (BZöhmen!.
war es doch . 6# ne. p. 3 I1. 7.
sei, habe, wolle: for le subj. see note. P. 7 I. 4.
