[32] 25-26. coiffé d'un chaperon à oreillère et à queue pendante: his head covered with a hood and earlaps, with a tassel hanging from it.
[33] 19. je suis étrangère: Marie Antoinette, consort of Louis XVI, was of Austrian blood.
LA BATAILLE DE FRŒSCHWILLER.
[35] 2. qui vient de fournir une longue traite: who has just ridden a long distance.
[35] 14. il piqua des deux: i.e. des deux éperons; he dug both spurs into his horse.
[35] 14. à fond de train: at the top of his speed.
[36] 6. qui relevaient de son commandement: who were under him.
[36] 11. fichées: placées, mises.
[37] 5-6. contreforts: spurs of a mountain range.
[38] 13-14. au fur et à mesure: according as.