MAJOR SEMPLE LISLE. 7I 



time, I invented a faddle and accoutrement for 

 cavalry, which faddle I find recently adopted 

 in the Britifh army, with little alteration. 



My model I fent to his Majefty Frederic 

 William of PrulTIa, who had then jufl fucceeded 

 the immortal Frederic the Great, accompanied 

 by a letter, of which atranflation is here annex- 

 ed, and which, at that time, appeared in moft of 

 the periodical prints, in French and Englifh. 



(TRANSLATION.) 



(The original being wrote in French.) 



"To THE KING. Potsdam. 



♦' SIRE, 



" When I had the honour of being 

 prefented to your Majefty, on my return from 

 the invafion of the Crimea, the gracious recep- 

 tion which I met withj and the ftrong proof 

 which your Majefty deigned to give me, (in a* 

 moment of difgrace,) of your uncommon gene- 

 roiity and condefcenlion, rivetted thofe chains, 

 by which, as a man devoted to the profellion of 

 war, I was already attached to your perfon. 



* See Page 60. 



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