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21 (from Kaltenhorn, of whom INFRA); Preuss, &c.
&c.] as Fritz ambles on to the next regiment, to which, as to every one, he will have some word. Was it the famous Pommern regiment, this that he next spoke to,--who answered Loudon's summons to them once (as shall be noticed by and by) in a way ineffable, though unforgettable? Manteuffel of Foot; yes, no other! [Archenholtz, ii.
61; and Kutzen, p.
35.] They have their own opinion of their capacities against an enemy, and do not want for a good conceit of themselves.
"Well, children, how think you it will be to-morrow? They are twice as strong as we." "Never thou mind that; there are no Pommerners among them; thou knowest what the Pommerners can do!"-- FRIEDRICH: "Yea, truly, that do I; otherwise I durst not risk the battle.
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