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6. A similar capture was once mad e by t wo of
Napoleon's mar hals, Lannes and ~I u ra t. It was a
during deed. The French and Austrian armies were
ly ing on opposite sides of a rivet'. The Austrians
guarded the only bridge by batteri es on th eir side
of the st ream. I n ord er to mak e their position still
more SCCUl'e, an Au trian officer was sent to de troy
the bridg e entirely.
7, H e was at work there one evening, wh en Lanues
and Mura t st rolled down to the riv erside, and, as
enemies often do in the inter vals of fight ing, they
began to talk to him. They man agcd to k ecp his
nttention fixed on the Austrian sid e of the st ream,
so th at he did not notice a file of French grcnadiers
coming qu ietly up behind him . I n a moment he and
his pat'ty were seized. La nnes lind Mura t then pu t
themselves at th e head of the grenudiers, and advanced
on th e batteries, Taken by surprise, the Austrians
were a fra id to fire, seeing t heir own officers amo ng t he
party, Th e batteries were seized, and th e guns turned
agai nst the very soldiers wh o had erec ted them.
bat-on
knap-sack
ad-van ce-ment
pre-mo-tion
ex-cla-ma-tio n
W OR D E XERCISE :-
dic-ta-tion
par-tic-u-lar -ly
pre-ferre d'
vol -un-teers '
ques-tion-ing
in-trench-ments
am -bi-tion
np-pro v ~al
ex-pe-di-tion
des-per-a te
sen-ti-nels
oc-cu-pan ts
ex-er-tions
in-for-ma-tion
gren-a-d iers ' .
1. Give a list of verbs from whi ch nouns in -sion are formed, ltd
explode,
o ::\Iake sent ence s showing the various uses of the word fo rtune ,
nut! give a list of words deriv ed from it.
3. Explain the meanings of the words office, officer, official,
officiate, and officious.
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