Note 15 — DEUXIÈME ÉPISODE

41 15 la ligne: in the French and English armies the term la ligne, 'the line,' is applied ordinarily to the infantry of the regular army as opposed to the militia, cavalry, artillery, etc. In America the line includes all that part of the regular army whose business is actual fighting.--Offenbach: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), born at Cologne, a naturalized Frenchman, composer of light operas.