[A] The Military Gazette.--TRANS.
[B] A sort of arbor covered with ivy was then used in most fashionable
parlors.--TRANS.
[C] A cadet. The yunker ranks between sergeant and second-lieutenant,
and belongs to the class of commissioned officers. Both the title
and the function are borrowed from the German (_junker_). The
present spelling is adopted to represent more nearly the Russian
pronunciation.--TRANS.
[D] The Russian soldiers accustomed to fight the Turks and to hear
their battle-cries, always tell that the French have the same shout,
“Allah!”--TRANS.
[E] The last station before Sebastopol.--TRANS.
[F] This is the literal translation of the common phrase used
by the soldiers in reply to a greeting from their superior
officers.--TRANS.
[G] In certain regiments the officers nicknamed the soldiers “Moscow,”
half in scorn, half in kindly sport.--TRANS.
[H] American.