On reaching the Esplanade the pall-bearers pause.

So they started off, and reached the esplanade in front of the great crowned statue of the Virgin.

The hearse passed the Bastille, traversed the small bridge, and reached the esplanade of the bridge of Austerlitz.

When they reached the Esplanade, the wrangling became so violent that they stopped in the middle of that large open space.

They reached the esplanade in front of the Hauville chalets, with the capstans by which the fishermen haul up their boats to the beach.