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 sures by former wars, that they made but a show of objections to the Emperor's advances; a truce was therefore speedily agreed upon for six months, and both armies withdrew from the field to their own homes. An exchange of prisoners was also settled, but unfortunately an officer, who had fought by the side of Ferdinand and the Count; seeing them both fall, to all appearance lifeless, reported their death in the army, and the bodies not being found, did not seem extraordinary, as few persons could be distinguished among the slain. The Turkish cavalry, in their pursuit of the vanquished, had rode over, and defaced most of the unhappy victims who lay in heaps upon the plain.

So great was the slaughter on that day, and so many brave men and officers had the Emperor lost, that the news of Count M and Ferdinand being fallen with the rest, was only included in the general regret. The gentlemen entrusted with their letters to Mr. d'Allenberg, the Count's steward, and Mr. Dunloff, the good Ernest's nephew, sent them