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 him," added our commandant,"and desire him  send you some handsome Hungarian horses for, Give me your letter, and I will have it  by M. de Bossart Secretary of Legation  the Saxon Ambassador, on condition that you  me one of the horses. This correspondence a family concern, and not an affair of state;, I will take the whole upon me, &c." I sat  to write immediately, in compliance with  advice of my commanding officer. I gave my  open to Iaschiazki; he sealed it himself, and  it away.

This letter, with the following incident, was sole cause of all my misfortunes.

In the campaign of 1744, one of my grooms two saddle horses was taken, as well as  others, by Trenck's Light Troops, On my  to camp, I was ordered to accompany the  who was going to reconnoitre. My horse fatigued, his Majesty immediately made me  present of a beautiful English race-horse.

A few days after, I was astonished to see my come back with my two horses, and a trumpet from the enemy; who brought a note, in  these terms:

"The Austrian Trenck is not at war with the Prussian Trenck, his cousin. On the contrary, he is very happy to have it in his power to send him back his horses, which he has recovered from the hands of his Hussars."

That day I waited on the King, and was very received, "Since your cousin," said he, has sent you back your horses, you have no longer any occasion for mine."

We marched into Silesia to begin the second