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( 38 ) to have a nearer sight of them; and that I had, gentlemen! for they stood and fought, till for fear of my flankers, they began to move off rather disorderly. This was the moment to fall upon them with spirit—We broke them entirely, made a terrible havock amongst them—and drove them not only back to a walled town in their rear, but even through it, contrary to our most sanguine expectation.

By reason of the swiftness of my Lithuanian I had been foremost in the pursuit; and seeing the enemy fairly flying through the opposite gate, I thought it would be prudent

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