[9] "Ce matin j'ai appris par une estafette que les ennemis avaient joint l'Electeur de Baviere avec 26,000 hommes, et que M. de Villeroi a passe la Meuse avec la meilleure partie de l'armee des Pays Bas, et qu'il poussait sa marche en toute diligence vers la Moselle, de sorte que, sans un prompt secours, l'empire court risque d'etre entierement abime."--MARLBOROUGH, _aux Etats Generaux; Bonn_, _2 Mai 1704_. _Despatches_, i. 274. [10] The following was the composition of these two corps, which will show of what a motley array the Allied army was composed:-- Left wing, Marlborough. Batt. Squad. English, 14 14 Dutch, 14 22 Hessians, 7 7 Hanoverians, 13 25 Danes, 0 22 -- -- 48 86 Right wing, Eugene. Batt. Squad. Danes, 7 0 Prussians, 11 15 Austrians, 0 24 Of the Empire, 0 35 -- -- 18 74 [11] This pencil note is still preserved at Blenheim. [12] French--Bat. 82. Squad. 146. Allies--Bat. 66. Squad. 160. At 500 to a battalion, and 150 to a squadron, this gives a superiority of 5900 to the French. [13] Marl., _Desp._ i. 402-409. [14] Cardonnell, Desp. to Lord Harley, 25th Sept. 1704, _Desp._ i. 410. By intercepted letters it appeared the enemy admitted a loss of 40,000 men before they reached the Rhine. Marlborough to the Duke of Shrewsbury, 28th Aug. 1704, _Desp._ i. 439. [15] The holograph letter of the Emperor, announcing this honour, said, with equal truth and justice--"I am induced to assign to your highness a place among the princes of the empire, in order that it may universally appear how much I acknowledge myself and the empire to be indebted to the Queen of Great Britain, who sent her arms as far as Bavaria at a time when the affairs of the empire, by the defection of the Bavarians to the French, most needed that assistance and support:--And to your Grace, likewise, to whose prudence and courage, together with the bravery of the forces fighting under your command, the two victories lately indulged by Providence to the Allies are principally attributed, not only by the voice of fame, but by the general officers in my army who had their share in your labour and your glory."--THE EMPEROR LEOPOLD TO MARLBOROUGH, _28th August 1704_.--_Desp._ i. 538. [16] Marlborough to Mr Secretary Harley, 16th Dec. 1704.--_Desp._ i. 556. [17] Marlborough to Mr Hill at Turin, 6th Feb. 1705.--_Desp._ i. 591. [18] _Lord Chesterfield's Letters_, Lord Mahon's edition, i. 221-222. PUSHKIN, THE RUSSIAN POET. No. II. SPECIMENS OF HIS LYRICS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL RUSSIAN, BY THOMAS B. SHAW, B.A. OF CAMBRIDGE, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL ALEXANDER LYCEUM, TRANSLATOR OF "THE HERETIC," &c. &c.