Hobbs Reading

Battle of Borodino

Battle on September 7th, 1812 - Napoleon invades Russia - Won but suffered losses - marched back to France

Semaphore

Way of communication - Invented in France - Uses Shutters to convey messages

Eradicate

To destroy Completely

Admiralty

Runs the Navy - Like Pentagon

Entrepreneur

a person who organizes or operates a business, taking on greater risks to do so

Legation

A diplomatic minister, the position or office of legate

Battle of Waterloo

June 18, 1815 - Napoleon and Duke of Wellington - Ended Napoleons power.

Charles Lamb

Essayist, poet, and playwright - Famous for essays of Elia

Camphor

Gummy compound that comes from bark

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet and philosopher - Founder of the Romantic rumor in England

Objectionable

Arousing distaste or opposition

Martin Van Buren

8th President of the U.S

frigate

A warship

Nostalgia

Sentimental longing

Bivouac

Temporary camp without tents/cover

MP

Member of Parliament

Peal

a loud ringing

Barouche

four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a collapsible

lady in waiting

a women who attends a queen or princess

curricle

a light open two wheeled carriage

flog

repeatedly hit with a whip or stick

expendable

of little significance when compared to overall purpose or able to be abandoned

teamster

A driver of a team of animals