Franc: coin worth about twenty cents. The standard of French money.
Fromage: cheese.
Fusée: a fuse, usually a time fuse.
Genie (Soldats du-): sappers and miners—engineers.
G.B.D.: divisional stretcher company.
Grands blessés: seriously wounded men.
Guerre: war.
Hors d'oeuvres: small appetizer, sardines, pickles, etc., served at the beginning of a meal.
H.O.E.: evacuation hospital.
Kilogramme: a measure of weight, a trifle over two pounds.
Kilometre: a distance, about three fifths of a mile.
Kilo: abbreviation used for either.
Malade: sick.
Marraine: literally, a god-mother; used of a girl who sends letters and packages to some man at the front.
Marseillaise: the French National anthem.
Médecin-chef: medical officer in charge of the brancardiers.
Merci: thank you.
Metro: Paris subway.
Midis: men from the south of France.
Mitrailleuse: machine-gun.
Monsieur: Sir, or Mr.
Obus: a shell.
Opera-comique: the light opera; a theater in Paris.
Ordre de mouvement: field orders to move, for troops or individuals.
