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<p>One of my best Friends & several of my<lb/> | <p>One of my best Friends & several of my<lb/> | ||
acquaintances lost their Lives about a<lb/> | acquaintances lost their Lives about a<lb/> | ||
week ago in taking | week ago in taking <gap/> mail by default<lb/> | ||
you must | you must know that this was the <lb/> | ||
principal | principal Fortress the Turks had near<lb/> | ||
the Danube, <gap/> garrisoned with<lb/> | the Danube, <gap/> garrisoned with<lb/> | ||
above 30,000 | above 30,000 of their choice Troops<lb/> | ||
Count | Count <unclear>Lower</unclear> <gap/> with less that 20,000<lb/> | ||
in about 3 hours time without<lb/> | in about 3 hours time without<lb/> | ||
having made any Breach got <gap/><lb/> | having made any Breach got <gap/><lb/> | ||
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themselves in small bodies were Spared<lb/> | themselves in small bodies were Spared<lb/> | ||
on surrendering themselves; all the <lb/> | on surrendering themselves; all the <lb/> | ||
rest because Victims to the <gap/> of bodies<lb/> | |||
a courier<lb/></p> | a courier<lb/></p> | ||
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of three months for England, resolved
to pay you a visit be it ever so
short a one, but I am not yet
sure if I can come this winter
or whether I must not stay a
few months longer.
I never before spent four Months
in such perfect inaction and I
should certainly have been ill
though in some sense were it not
for the society of a few of my intimate
Friends, who luckily were collected together
here.
One of my best Friends & several of my
acquaintances lost their Lives about a
week ago in taking mail by default
you must know that this was the
principal Fortress the Turks had near
the Danube, garrisoned with
above 30,000 of their choice Troops
Count Lower with less that 20,000
in about 3 hours time without
having made any Breach got
& excepting about 7000 who by Collecting
themselves in small bodies were Spared
on surrendering themselves; all the
rest because Victims to the of bodies
a courier
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