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'Pshaw, this will never do, ejaculates Maguire; 'terms irrationally high! Captain Kollas 'knows nothing of what is IN the Paper; and is charged only to bring a Written Answer from Excellenz. Excellenz, before writing, 'will have to consult with Durchlaucht; can, however, as if confidentially and from feelings of friendship, can assure you, Sir, on my honor, That the Garrison will be delivered to the Croats, and every man of it put to the sword.
What Captain Kollas and the Prussian Garrison thought of all this, THEY were perhaps shy of saying, and we at such distance are not informed, except by one symptom: that, of Colonel Hoffman, Schmettau's Second, whose indignation does become tragically evident.
This same Thursday morning, two or three battalions of them rush into the Pirna Suburb; attack the Prussian Guard-parties there. Schmettau instantly despatches Captain Kollas and a Trumpet: 'Durchlaucht, have the goodness to recall these Croat Parties; otherwise the Suburb goes into flame! And directly on arrival of this Messenger, may it please Durchlaucht.
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