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What the exact number of the troops of each nation was I cannot say
with certainty - for it is not mentioned by any one - but the whole
land army together was found to amount to one million seven hundred
thousand men. The manner in which the numbering took place was the
following. A body of ten thousand men was brought to a certain place,
and the men were made to stand as close together as possible; after
which a circle was drawn around them, and the men were let go: then
where the circle had been, a fence was built about the height of a
man's middle; and the enclosure was filled continually with fresh
troops, till the whole army had in this way been numbered. When the
numbering was over, the troops were drawn up according to their several nations.
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