[_Helden-Geschichte,_ i.

1006.] Fantastic Bielfeld, in his semi-fabulous style, has a LETTER on this bombardment, attractive to Lovers of the Picturesque,--( written long afterwards, and dated &c.

WRONG).

As Bielfeld is a rapid clever creature of the coxcomb sort, and doubtless did see Neisse Siege, and entertained seemingly a blazing incorrect recollection of it, his Pseudo-Neisse Letter may be worth giving, to represent approximately what kind of scene it was there at Neisse in the October nights:-- "Marechal Schwerin was lodged in a Village about three-quarters of a mile from Head-Quarters.

One day he did me the honor to invite me to dinner; and even offered me a horse to ride thither with him.