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sued by cats; and passed an ironical compliment on the speed her exerted in his flight which considering his age and infirmities I said was surprising. He was ⟨stung⟩ to the quick by this sarcasm and, with an air of threatening disdain, bid me ⟨know⟩ myself better, and remember the ⟨correction⟩ I had already received from ⟨him⟩. To this inuendo I made no reply ⟨but⟩ by a kick on the breach, which ⟨overturned⟩ him in an instant. He started up with wonderful agility, and drawing his ⟨sword⟩, attacked me with great fury.—⟨I⟩ sustained his onset with little damage, ⟨having⟩ only received a small scratch on ⟨my⟩ right shoulder. assaulted him in my ⟨turn⟩, closed with him, and wrested his ⟨sword⟩ out of his hand. Having this ⟨acquired⟩ the victory. I desired him to beg ⟨his⟩ life; to which he made no answer, ⟨but⟩ shrugged up his shoulders. However, ⟨to⟩ mortify his vanity, I thrust his sword ⟨up⟩ to the hilt in something that lay ⟨smoaking⟩ on the plain, and joined the rest of the ⟨soldiers⟩ with an air of indifferece.
The campaign being ended. the English ⟨marched⟩ back to the Netherlands. Part ⟨of⟩ our army was detached to French ⟨Flanders⟩, and our regiment ordered to winter ⟨in⟩ Champaigne. The grenadier company,
