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We marched through the city in the following order:

Wir marschierten in folgender Order durch die Stadt wie hier zu sehen :

The first brigade led by : the Baron de Vioménil, in front and on horseback. The first regiment was the Bourbonnois. The 2nd, the Royal Deux-Ponts. Behind that one came the light artillery, but first the heavy artillery with the constables[262] on either side, lit wicks in hand, ready to fire.

Das erste Brigad welches führete : Monsieur le Baron de Wiominille, welcher zu Pferd ware, und reitet vorher. Das erste Regiment ware Bourbo-nois. Das 2te Royal Deuxponts. Hinter diesem folgte die kleine Artillerie : Vorher die grosse, nebst den Kunstabler auf beyden Seiten mit brennenden Lunden in der Hand bereit zu losbrennen.

The 2nd brigade led by : the Viscount de Vioménil and at his side, Mister Castellux, Brigadier general. The first regiment was the Soissonnois. The 2nd, the Saintonge. The brigade’s artillery came first, the regiment’s artillery came in the middle along with the constables with the lit wicks. Then came the Lauzun Volunteer Corps, composed of 2 companies of Hussars, one company of grenadiers, one company of Chasseurs, one company of constables, and one company of riflemen. One company of Hussars was in front, the other brought up the rear. The foot soldiers were in the middle. At the entrance of the city, coming from Schuylkill, was the French ambassador’s

Das 2te Brigad führet : Monsieur le Vicompte de Wiominille, nebst dem Herrn Castellux General Major. Das erste Regiment ware Soissonois. Das 2te Saintonge. Die Brigad-Stücke vor-her, die Regiments-Stücke in der Mitte, nebst denen Kunstabler mit brennenden Lunden. Nach diesem kamme das Frey-Kohr von Lauzun, welches bestunde aus 2 Compag[nie]: Hussaren, ein Comp[agnie] Grenadier, eine Comp[agnie] Jäger Eine Comp[agnie] : kunstabler, eine Comp[agnie]: Fussilier. Eine Hussar- Comp[agnie]: vorher, die andre hinden nach zum schließen. Das Fuß- Volck in der Mitte. Beym Eingang in die Stadt von der Schwill-Kiel her stunde das Gebäute des

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 Notes

262. Constable is the name given to an artilleryman of the Imperial Army. This passage, therefore, clearly illustrates the specificity of the Royal Deux-Ponts regiment. Flohr uses vocabulary referring to imperial armies, and not to the French army. A German soldier, Flohr applies his own military references to the French army.