So on we went with the horse--I was in his Pandour regiment, worse luck! But after a skirmish or two, what with the roads and what with the enemy, our horses were foundered and useless.
"The horses are used up!" says the Oberhauptmann.

"Lassen Sie hinter!" he cries; and I warrant that he would have pushed on to Prague with his staff, had they allowed him.

"General Hinterlassen" we called him after that.' 'A dashing commander, too,' cried Sir Gervas.

'I would fain have served under him.' 'Aye, and he had a way of knocking his recruits into shape which would scarce be relished by our good friends here in the west country,' said Saxon.

'I remember that after the leaguer of Salzburg, when we had taken the castle or fortalice of that name, we were joined by some thousand untrained foot, which had been raised in Dalmatia in the Emperor's employ.