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The popular and international name for a French soldier. Its literal meaning is "hairy, shaggy," but the word has conveyed for over a century the idea of the virility of a Samson, whose strength lay in his locks.—Tr.

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6250 miles.

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Pourvu que les civils tiennent. In the early days of the war it was a common French saying that victory was certain—"if the civilians hold out."—Tr.

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Pity to spoil this jest by translation, but Biquet's primary meaning was "You're cross because you've a throat like a lime-kiln." His secondary or literal meaning is obvious.—Tr.

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See p. 34 ante; [chapter 5, note 3] another reference to the famous phrase. "Pourvu que les civils tiennent."—Tr.

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Every French village has a plaque attached to the first house on each road of approach, giving its name and the distance to the next.—Tr.

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The word is likely to become of international usage. It stands for the use of paint in blotches of different colors, and of branches and other things to disguise almost any object that may be visible to hostile aircraft.—Tr.

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Non-combatant.—Tr.

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Akin to the British A.S.C.—Tr.

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Thirty or thirty-one years old in 1914.—Tr.

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A-shape badges worn on the left arm to indicate the duration of service at the front.—Tr.

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Soldiers voluntarily enlisted in ordinary times for three, four, or five years. Those enlisted for four or five year' have the right to choose their arm of the service, subject to conditions.—Tr.

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I have altered the name of this soldier as well as that of the village.—H. B.

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French soldiers have extensively developed a system of corresponding with French women whom they do not know from Eve and whose acquaintance they usually make through newspaper advertisements. As typical of the latter I copy the following: "Officier artilleur, 30 ans, desire correspondance discrete avec jeune marraine, femme du monde. Ecrire," etc. The "lonely soldier" movement in this country is similar.—Tr.

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All these high roads are stone-paved, and traffic is noisy.—Tr.

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There is a complete set for each squad—stoves, canvas buckets, coffee-mill, pan, etc—and each man carries some item on march.—Tr.

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Cantine vivres, chest containing two days' rations and cooking utensils for four or five officers.—Tr.

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Military slang for machine-gun—Tr.

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See p. 117.

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