[92] His order of battle given in Coyer (pp. 316-318), in which the Duke of Lorraine commanded the centre, was written previous to the ascent of the Kahlemberg.
[93] Salvandy (ii. 190) says that at this moment there was an eclipse of the moon, which increased the panic; but Daleyrac, whose account he follows in other respects, does not mention it.
[94] Sobieski relates these particulars in Letter ix.
[95] Daleyrac (ii. 41). This information he had from some captive Turks.
[96] He added that he had travelled for four leagues over Turkish corpses. Unfortunately for the credibility of his tale, his journey to Rome lay in the direction opposite to the field of battle.
[97] Annales de l’Empire. He states the Polish loss at 200.
[98] This is the number given by the French official gazette at the time.
[99] Yet, when shortly afterwards an official at court was presented with a sword of Sobieski, the interest excited was intense, and engravings were taken of it. Salvandy (ii. 420) says that the sword of Sobieski was the cherished possession of Napoleon at St. Helena. A French prelate was author of the witty distich:
Dignior imperio numne Austrius? anne Polonus?
Odrysias acies hic fugat, ille fugit.