This _coup-de-main_ having failed, Prince Charles Lichtenstein was sent to commence a regular siege. He took the command of the army early in March, and on the 25th of April, a practicable breach being made, the Imperialists advanced to the assault. They met a very unexpected reception, being themselves most furiously charged by the Turks, which threw them into such confusion and dismay, that they were soon repulsed, and the garrison sallying out, without giving them time to form, drove them headlong through their own trenches, burnt their works, and obliged Prince Lichtenstein to cross the Unna that very night, and secure himself on the opposite heights. A besieged garrison routing a besieging army in so complete a style, is such an extraordinary circumstance, that I was anxious to hear what turn the Imperialists would give it. Their account is so curious a one, that I shall subjoin it for you. Vienna, May 3d, 1788. "An attempt was made by the Austrians on the 25th April to storm Dubitza, but they were repulsed as they were entering the breach they had made. In return, the Turks, having received a reinforcement, which augmented the garrison to the number of twelve thousand men, sallied out, and attacked the Austrians in their trenches. A general action then commenced, which lasted three hours, and though the Austrians were victorious, Prince Lichtenstein thought proper, all his works being destroyed, to raise the siege, and on the night of the 25th[4] he crossed the Unna, and encamped on the heights between Dubitza and Bacin, to cover the Austrian territories from the incursions of the enemy." Footnote 4: The day he attempted to storm the garrison. --- Thus we see, that _though the Austrians were victorious_, their works were destroyed, the siege was raised, and their army obliged to retreat--to pass a river in the night--and to intrench themselves on the opposite heights, to defend the country of the conquerors, from the incursions of the vanquished. An odd kind of victory this. In a subsequent account the Austrians mention Generals Klun and Schlaun being wounded, the latter mortally; and they acknowledge to have had five Lieutenant-Colonels, three Captains, four Lieutenants, and 508 rank and file killed and wounded, besides horses. Some few privates they say were missing, and two field pieces, which were advanced to the attack, were taken by the enemy. These are the latest accounts from the banks of the Unna. I shall now proceed eastward, and you have only to follow me in this direction along the frontiers, to have a full view of the Imperial armies in the order you will find them on the map.