MAJOR SEMPL£ LISLE, 



CHAP. II. 



<loes to Brujfels. — Interview with Mr. Fitzherbert^ 

 now Lord St. Helens. — Leaves Brujfels, and ac- 

 companies the army of Frederic the Greats and 

 the Emprefs ^een of Hungary to ihe field. — 

 Returns through Holland to England. — Marries* 

 -^Goes to France ; andfrojn thence ^ at ihe injiance 

 of the Duchefs of Kingjiony to Rujfia. — Adven- 

 ture at Riga in Livonia. — His arreft there. — 

 '4^oes to St. Peterfhurgi and is introduced to Prince 

 Potemkin and the Emprefs. — Curious particulars 

 of the Puchefs of K.'s family. 



XIlt BruiTels, in the beginning of 1778, I met 



with General Loekhai't and the Earl of F r, 



by whom I was prefented to Mr. Fitzherbert, 

 now Lord St. Helens, then Refident at that 

 court. I remained in Brabant till Frederic the 

 Great marched againft Maria Terefa, the Em- 

 prefs Queen : I followed thefe armies during 

 that little war, which as the Germans them- 

 felves call the " Ka'rtoffel Kreigy' or Potatoe War, 

 I pafs over as of no importance to my readers. 

 I held no conliderable lituation at that time ; 

 but I gained fome experience by obferving the 

 manoeuvres of the King of Pruffia and the cele- 

 brated Laudhon. 



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