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BEP(F.764.043
31 Dec 1764:11 (1530)
London, Oct. 1. A surprising account of the sudden effect
of fear in a deserter.
Geo. Grochantzy, a polander, who had enlisted as a soldier
in the service of the King of Prussia, deserted during the
last war; a small party was sent in pursuit of him, and,
when he least suspected it, they surprised him singing and
dancing among a company of peasants, who were got together
in an inn, and were making merry. This event, so sudden and
unforeseen, and at the same time so dreadful in its
consequences, struck him in such a manner, that, giving a
great cry, he became at once altogether stupid and
insensible, and was seised without the least resistance. .
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