from Dutlingen to the French court, by which the enemy own to have
lost 40,000 men killed, taken prisoners, and deserted, since the battle.

At Sefelingen Marlborough remained till the latter end of
August. From fatigue and want of rest he appears to have
become unwell, but he speedily recovered. His attention was
directed to the forlorn situation of the electress of Bavaria.
He was too susceptible of domestic affections not to sympa-
thise in the distress of this unfortunate princess, who, after
proceeding beyond Memmingen to console her husband by
her presence, had found the roads beset by the allied troops,
and returned in despair to Munich. He readily listened to
an overture made by her confessor, and prevailed on Eugene
and Wratislaw to offer her and her family a safe residence at
Munich, with a certain guard and regular allowance from
the revenues of her husband, on the condition of surrendering
Ulm and the other fortresses held by the Gallo-bavarian
garrisons.

In his correspondence with the duchess, we discover many
gratifying proofs of the interest which he took in her fate, as
well as in that of her husband.

"Sefelingen, August 21. -- The poor electress has taken five of her
children with her, and is following her husband, who seems to be aban-
doned to the French interest. Prince Eugene and I have offered him
by a gentleman that is not yet returned, that if he will join in the common
cause against France, he shall be put in possession of his whole country,
and receive from the queen and Holland 400,000 crowns yearly, for which
he should only furnish the allies with 8000 men; but I take it for granted
he is determined to go for France and abandon his own country to the
rage of the Germans."

"August 25. -- The elector of Bavaria has sent his wife and children
back to Munich, and this morning by a trumpet has writ to me, and in
it a letter to the electress open. It has made my heart ache, being very
sensible how cruel it is to be separated from what one loves. I have sent
it to her by a trumpet of my own, with assurances that her answer shall
be carefully delivered to the elector, for I take pleasure in being easy
when the service does not suffer by it."

"August 28. -- Although the troops be marched I shall stay here a day
or two longer, to finish a treaty with the electress of Bavaria, which I
own would be a great satisfaction to me; for when the public are served
I should be glad the family were not quite ruined."

During the halt of five days at Sefelingen, the margrave
of Baden repaired to the camp, to confer with Marlborough
and Eugene on the plan of future operations. As the elector

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