ItisbutsixmonthssincePolishPatriotism，soeffulgenttoitsowneyesinOrthodoxy，inLoveofgloriousLiberty，confederatedatBar，andgotintothatextraordinarywhirlpool，orcesspool，ofmiseriesanddeliriumswehavebeenlookingat；andnowithasissuedonabroadhighwayofprogress，——broadandprecipitous，——andwillrapidlyarriveatthegoalsetbeforeit。Allwassorapid，onthePolishandontheTurkishpart。TheblindTurks，outofmerefanaticismandheatofhumor，haverushedintothisadventure；——andgorushingforwardintoaseriesofchaoticplatitudesonthehugescale，andmeretragicaldisasters，yearafteryear，whichwouldhavebeencomical，hadtheynotbeensohideousandsanguinary:
constantandenormousblundersontheTurkpart，issuingindisastersoflikemagnitude；whichinthecourseofTwoCampaignshadquitefinishedofftheirPolishfriends，inaveryunexpectedway；andhadliketohavefinishedthemselvesoff，hadnotdrownedPolandservedasastepping—stone。
NottillMarch26th，1769，sixmonthsafterdeclaringinsuchhaste，didtheblindTurks\"displaytheirBannerofMahomet，\"thatis，begininearnesttoassembleandmakeready。NorweretheRussiansshininglystrategic，thoughsoonerinthefield，——aPrinceGalitzincommandingthem（anextremelypurblindperson）；
tillreplacedbyRomanzow，ouroldColbergacquaintance，whosawconsiderablybetter。Galitzin，earlyintheseason，madearushonChoczim（ChoTzim），thefirstTurkFortbeyondtheDniester；
andaltogetherfailed，——notbyTurkprowess，butbyhisownpurblindmal—arrangements（wantofammunition，wantofbread，orI