3. l'enthousiasme tenait du délire, enthusiasm verged on
frenzy,

4. PArc-de-PÉtoile, the triumphal arch of VÊtoUe in Paris,
so called on account of the star-shaped square formed by the
numerous avenues which converge there. It was erected by
Napoleon I to commemorate his victories, and bears inscrip-

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tions with the names of Napoleon's generals. A famous piece
of sculpture, the Marseillaise, by the French sculptor Rude, can
be seen on the arch.
5. la place de la Concorde, a beautiful square in Paris, built
in the i8th century. It is surrounded by statues representing
the chief French cities. Among them is the statue of Strasbourg,
from 1870 to 19 1 8 draped in mourning in order to express the
grief of France for thé loss of the city.
6. Parmistice. On November 11, 1918, after fifty months of
warfare, the last volley was fired on the western front in France.
Germany sent delegates to Marshal Foch, the Allied Commander,
and accepted all his conditions. The great war thus came to
its end.
7. Le jour de gloire est arrivé, the glorious day has dawned.
This is a quotation from the Marseillaise.
8. le fameux Rhin allemand, an allusion to the German song
Die Wacht am Rhein (" The Watch on the Rhine "), expressing
Germany's intention never to surrender the guard of the river
on which, however, the Allied and American armies advanced
in November, 191 8.
9. Aix-la-Chapelle, in German Aachen, an ancient city in
Rhenish Prussia. It claims the possession of Charlemagne's
grave.
10. Mayence, in German Mainz, in the former duchy of
Hesse-Darmstadt, on the left bank of the Rhine. It was occupied
by the French in December, 19 18.
11. Coblence, in German Koblenz, a city in Rhenish Prussia.
