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to the latter I accompanied Saxe Coburg, we 

 reached his quarters about ten o'clock in the 

 evening, and while fome refrefhment was pre- 

 paring I received my letters from the Duke 

 Frederic of Brunfvvic, and his Serene Kigh- 

 nefs the Stadtholder ; I then fupped with the 

 Field Marfhal, and at midnight on the 19th, 

 almoft unabiC to carry my own weight, fet off 

 .on my return to the village of Oojhnvyky where 

 I had left the Pruflian head-quarters. 



I had now palTed eight days almoil continu- 

 ally on horfe-back, and without once having 

 had time to undrefs : the flate I was in can be 

 conceived much better than related ; but my 

 zeal for the good of the fervice, and my anx- 

 iety to carry the lirfl intelligence of this fo 

 effential vidtory to the Duke Frederic, and to 

 the Hague, enabled me to fuftain the fatigue 

 of the journey. I took the fame road back, 

 by which I had come to the Auftrian army ; 

 and after much trouble to obtain horfes, I 

 reached Oofterwyk about ten o'clock, on the 

 night of the 20th. I found Duke Frederic in 

 his bed-room, ftanding and converfing with 

 Captain, now Colonel Crawfurd, who had but 

 a few moments before me arrived there, and 

 who had acquainted his S. H. with the dan- 

 gerous fituation in which he left the Imperial 

 army on the i8th. $ 



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