The satire upon this gallant soldier's veracity appears to be quite undeserved, though one can hardly read portions of his adventures without being forcibly reminded of the Baron's laconic style.

It is needless to add that the amazing account of De Tott's origin is grossly libellous.

The amount of public interest excited by the aeronautical exploits of Montgolfier and Blanchard was also playfully satirised.

Their first imitator in England, Vincenzo Lunardi, had made a successful ascent from Moorfields as recently as 1784, while in the following year Blanchard crossed the channel in a balloon and earned the sobriquet _Don Quixote de la Manche_.

His grotesque appropriation of the motto "_Sic itur ad astra_" made him, at least, a fit object for Munchausen's gibes.