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SCG-C.744.032
22 Oct 1744:22 (552)
Extract of a letter from a person of distinction at
Hailborn, dated June 1. I have been five days in Prince
Charles of Lorrain's Camp at Neckar's Ulm, not far from
hence; his highness is a most affable and courteous Prince,
and the army is in fine order, both as to men and horses; it
consists of 76, 000 effective men, besides 20, 000 irregular
troops, 18, 000 of whom are Croats, Hussars, Pandours,
Carlstaders, &c. who are encamped by themselves. I was
present when Prince Esterhasi drew up the irregular troops,
who by their dress made a terrible appearance, and their
looks represent a wild and savage fierceness: All night
they lie on the ground without tents or straw, in the day
they dance and exercise themselves with running and throwing
of stones of 20 lb. weight, which they perform thus. . . [8
lines] The day I saw them perform this exercise, they had
made an excursion of about 3 leagues, notwithstanding which,
they jump'd and danc'd as if they had not undergone any
fatigue at all. . .
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