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PG-P.757.070
6 Oct 1757:13,21 (1502)
The following advices, dated June 12, were received from
Stutgard, the capital of the Duke of Wirtemberg, a
protestant Prince, the extend of whose dominions, (according
to Templeman) is to that of Yorkshire, in the proportion of
3364 to 4684, the number of square miles contained therein.
Four thousand, out of 6000 of the troops of our most
serene Duke, were, on the 24th, delivered to a French
commissary, who immediately reviewed them. Scarce was the
review finished, when the soldiers began to mutter, and say
aloud, We are sold. Next morning they deserted at once.
The thing did not stop here. They were followed by many
more. Bands of 20 and 30 forc'd their way thro' the
detachments that guarded the gates. . . [14 lines] This
morning they assembled, and having seized some of their
officers, marched out of town, three or four hundred
together, with the musick of the regiments playing before
them, the general having begged of them to go away
peaceably, in God's name. In this manner near 3000 of them
filed off, and the remainder have since been discharged.
Thus our army has melted away almost in a moment.
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