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f 'ea&ure, and military equipments, and material consisting of 

 chariots, muskets,* cannon and guns, were taken by the vic- 

 i rious King and the allied Princes. In commemoration of 

 this victory, festivals are being held in every kingdom of Europe. 

 The King, the Princes, and the allies who took part in this battle, 

 propose to proceed to Hungary and take New Hausel, Oppenf 

 a id other towns under the dominion of Turkey. Let us pray to 

 God for his blessing, to enable us, when opportunity offers, to rid 

 ourselves from the grasp of these inveterate enemies. 



; No. IV. 



Letter from John Sobieski, King of Poland, to the Qu^en. 



A letter written by His Majesty the King of Poland to the 

 Queen, informing her of this victory, received at Amsterdam, and 

 forwarded here," was translated into Sinhalese to the following 

 effect : 



" May the Almighty power of the Lord of the Universe, 

 who has given us a victory, the like unto which there never had 

 been before, live for ever! We took the camp of the Turks, 

 their cannon and all their war material. When these defeated 

 foes observed the bodies of the dead so thickly strewing the field, 

 i?hey were panic stricken and took to flight. Our men began to 

 impound camels, asses, oxen and goats, while the Turkish Troops 

 were fleeing in companies. The powder, weapons of war, and 

 ammunition left behind by them cannot be estimated in millions. 

 I saw last night a sight which I had longed to see, when the pow- 

 der (exclusive of what remained in the magazines and what was 



* The Sinhalese word used literally means hand guns, But KitmvoMm 

 itself is a Tamil term. 



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