history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第20部分

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them；　especially　on　the　First　Two；　which　lie　pretty　much　unsurveyable　in　those　chaotic　records；　like　a　world…wide　coil　of　thrums。　Let　us　be　swift；　in　Friedrich's　own　manner；　and　try　to　disimprison　the　small　portions　of　essential！　Here；　partly　from　Eye…witnesses；　are　some　Notes　in　regard　to　Section　First：　＇Westphalen；　　Geschichte　der　Feldzuge　des　Herzogs　Ferdinand　　（and　a　Private　Journal　of　W。's　there）；　ii。　13…19；　Retzow；　&c。＇　

〃SUNDAY；　19th　JUNE；　At　2　A。M。；　Major　Grant　arrives　at　Prag　＇must　have　started　instantly　after　that　of　〃We　two　cannot　take　the　battery；　your　Majesty！〃＇goes　to　Prince　Ferdinand　of　Brunswick；　interim　Commander　on　the　Ziscaberg；　with　order　To　raise　Siege。　Consternation　on　the　part　of　some；　worse；　on　the　Prince　of　Prussia's　part；　the　others　kept　silence　at　least；and　set　instantly　to　work。　On　both　Hills；　the　cannons　are　removed　（across　Moldau　the　Zisca…Hill　ones）；　batteries　destroyed；　Siege…gear　neatly　gathered　up；　to　go　in　wagons　to　Leitmeritz；　thence　by　boat　to　Dresden；　all　this　lies　ready　done；　the　dangerous　part　of　it　done；　when　Friedrich　arrives。

〃MONDAY；　20th；　before　sunrise；　Siege　raised。　At　three　in　the　morning　Friedrich　marches　from　the　Ziscaberg；　to　eastward　he；　to　Alt…Bunzlau；　thence　to　Ah…Lissa；〃Nimburg　way；　with　what　objects　we　shall　see。　〃Marshal　Keith's　fine　performance。　Keith；　from　the　Weissenberg；　does　not　march；　such　packing　and　loading　still；　all　the　baggages　and　artilleries　being　with　Keith。　Not　till　four　in　the　afternoon　did　Keith　march；　but　beautifully　then；　and　folded　himself　away；rear…guard　under　Schmettau　'retreating　checkerwise；'　nothing　but　Tolpatcheries　attempting　on　him；westward；　Budin…ward；　without　loss　of　a　linstock；　not　to　speak　of　guns。　Very　prettily　done　on　the　part　of　Keith。　By　Budin；　to　Leitmeritz；　he；　where　the　King　will　join　him　shortly。〃

Friedrich's　errand　in　Alt…Lissa；　eastward；　while　Keith　went　westward；　was；　To　be　within　due　arm's…length　of　the　Moritz…Bevern；　or　beaten　Kolin　Army；　which　is　coming　up　that　way；　intending　to　take　post；　and　do　its　best；　in　those　parts；　with　Zittau　Magazine　and　the　Lausitz　to　rear　of　it。　One　of　our　Eye…witnesses；　a　Herr　Westphalen；　Ferdinand　of　Brunswick's　Secretary；who；　with　his　Chief；　got　into　wider　fields　before　long；yields　these　additional　particulars　face　to　face：

〃TUESDAY；　21st　JUNE；　1757。　King's　Head…quarters　in　Lissa　or　neighborhood　till　Friday　next；　which　is　central　for　both　these　movements；Thursday；　orders　seven　regiments　of　horse　to　reinforce　Keith。　No　symptom　yet　of　pursuit　anywhere。

〃FRIDAY；　24th。　Prince　Moritz　with　the　Kolin　Army　made　appearance；　all　safe；　and　is　to　command　here；　King　intending　for　Keith。　After　dinner；　and　the　due　interchange　of　battalions　to　that　end；　King　sets　off；　with　Prince　Henri；　towards　Keith；　Head…quarter　in　Alt…Bunzlau　again。　SATURDAY　NIGHT；　at　Melnick；　SUNDAY；　Gastorf：　MONDAY　NIGHT；　27th　JUNE；　Leitmeritz；　King　lodges　in　the　Cathedral　Close；　in　sight　of　Keith；　who　is　on　the　opposite　side　of　Elbe；but　the　town　has　a　Bridge　for　to…morrow。　'Never　was　a　quieter　march；　not　the　shadow　of　a　Pandour　visible。　The　Duke　＇Ferdinand；　my　Chief；　Chatham's　jewel　that　is　to　be；　and　precious　to　England＇　has　suffered　much　from　a'in　fact；　from　a　COURS　DE　VENTRE；　temporary　bowel…derangement；　which　was　very　troublesome；　owing　to　the　excessive　heats　by　day；　and　coldness　of　the　nights。

〃TUESDAY；　28th。　Junction　with　Keith；Bridge　rightly　secured；　due　party　of　dragoons　and　foot　left　on　the　right　bank；　to　occupy　a　height　which　covers　Leitmeritz。　'Clearing　of　the　Pascopol'　（that　is；　sweeping　the　Pandours　out　of　it）　is　the　first　business；　Colonel　Loudon　with　his　Pandours；　a　most　swift　sharpcutting　man；　being　now　here　in　those　parts；　doing　a　deal　of　mischief。　Three　days　ago；　Saturday；　25th；　Keith　had　sent　seven　battalions；　with　the　proper　steel…besoms；　on　that　Pascopol　affair；　Tuesday；　on　junction；　Majesty　sends　three　more：　job　done　on　Wednesday；　reported　'done；'　though　I　should　not　be　surprised；〃　says　Westphalen；　〃if　some　little　highway　robbery　still　went　on　among　the　Mountains　up　there。〃

No；and　before　quitting　hold；　what　is　this　that　Loudon　（on　the　very　day　of　the　King's　arrival；　June　27th）；　on　the　old　Field　of　Lobositz　over　yonder；　has　managed　to　do！　General　Mannstein；　wounded　at　Kolin；　happened；　with　others　in　like　case；　to　be　passing　that　way；　towards　Dresden　and　better　surgery；when　Loudon's　Croats　set　upon　them；　scattering　their　slight　escort：　〃Quarter；　on　surrender！　Prisoners？〃　〃Never！〃　answered　Mannstein；　〃Never！〃　that　too　impetuous　man；　starting　out　from　his　carriage；　and　snatching　a　musket：　and　was　instantly　cut　down　there。　And　so　ends；a　man　of　strong　head；　and　of　heart　only　too　strong。　＇Preuss；　ii。　58；　　Militair…Lexikon；　　iii。　10。＇

From　Prag　onwards；　here　has　been　a　delicate　set　of　operations；　perfectly　executed；thanks　to　Friedrich's　rapidity　of　shift；　and　also　to　the　cautious　slowly　puzzling　mind　of　Daun。　Had　Daun　used　any　diligence；　had　Daun　and　Prince　Karl　been　broad　awake；　together　or　even　singly！　But　Friedrich　guessed　they　seldom　or　never　were；　that　they　would　spend　some　days　in　puzzling；　and　that；　with　despatch；　he　would　have　time　for　everything。　Daun；　we　could　observe；　stood　singing　TE…DEUM；　greatly　at　leisure；　in　his　old　Camp；　20th　June；　while　Friedrich；　from　the　first　gray　of　morning；　and　diligently　all　day　long；　was　withdrawing　from　the　trenches　of　Prag；Friedrich's　people；　self　and　goods　getting　folded　out　in　the　finest　gradation；　and　with　perfect　success；　no　Daun　to　hinder　him；　Daun　leisurely　doing　TE…DEUM；　forty　miles　off；　helping　on　the　WRONG　side　by　that　exertion！　＇Cogniazzo；　ii。　367。＇〃Poor　Browne；　he　is　dead　of　his　wounds；　in　Prag　yonder；〃　writes　Westphalen；　in　his　Leitmeritz　Journal；　〃news　came　to　us　July　1st：　men　said；　'Ah；　that　was　why　they　lay　asleep。'〃

Till　June　26th；　Daun　and　Karl　had　not　united；　nor；　except　sending　out　Loudon　and　Croats；　done　anything；　either　of　them。　Sunday；　June　26th；　at　Podschernitz　on　the　old　Field　of　Prag；　a　week　and　a　day　after　Kolin；　they　did　get　together；　still　seemingly　a　little　puzzled；　〃Shall　we　follow　the　King？　Shall　we　follow　Moritz　and　Bevern？〃nothing　clear　for　some　time；　except　to　send　out　Pandour　parties　upon　both。　Moritz；　since　parting　with　the　King　in　Alt…　Bunzlau　neighborhood；　has　gone　northward　some　marches；　thirty　miles　or　so；　to　JUNG…Bunzlau；meeting　of　Iser　and　Elbe；　surely　a　good　position：Moritz；　on　receipt　of　these　Pandour　allowances　of　his；　writes　to　the　King；　〃Shall　we　retreat　on　Zittau；　then；　your　Majesty？　Straight　upon　Zittau？〃　Fancy　Friedrich's　astonishment；　who　well　intends　to　eat　the　Country　first；　perhaps　to　fight　if　there　be　chance；　and　at　least　to　lie　OUTSIDE　the　doors　of　Silesia　and　the　Lausitz；　as　well　as　of　Saxony　here！and　answers；　with　his　own　hand；　on　the　instant：　〃Your　Dilection　will　not　be　so　mad！〃　＇In　Preuss；　ii。　58；　the　pungent　little　Autograph　in　full。＇　And　at　once　recalls　Moritz；　and　appoints　the　Prince　of　Prussia　to　go　and　take　command。　Who　directly　went；a　most　important　step　for　the　King's　interests　and　his　own。　Whose　fortunes　in　that　business　we　shall　see　before　long！

At　Leitmeritz　the　King　continues　four　weeks；　with　his　Army　parted　in　this　way；　waiting　how　the　endless　hostile　element；　which　begirdles　his　horizon　all　round；　will　shape　itself　into　combinations；　that　he　may　set　upon　the　likeliest　or　the　needfulest　of　these；　when　once　it　has　disclosed　itself。　Horizon　all　round　is　black　enough：　Austrians；　French；　Swedes；　Russians；　Reichs　Army；　closer　upon　him　or　not　so　close；　all　are　rolling　in：　Saxony；　the　Lausitz　and　Silesia；　Brandenburg　itself；　it　is　uncertain　which　of　these　may　soonest　require　his　active　presence。

The　very　day　after　his　arrival　in　Leitmeritz；Tuesday；　28th　June；　while　that　junction　with　Keith　was　going　on；　and　the　troops　were　defiling　along　the　Bridge　for　junction　with　Keith；a　heavy　sorrow　had　befallen　him；　which　he　yet　knew　not　of。　An　irreparable　Domestic　loss；　sad　complement　to　these　Military　and　other　Public　disasters。　Queen　Sophie　Dorothee；　about　whose　health　he　had　been　anxious；　but　had　again　been　set　quiet；　died　at　Berlin　that　day。　＇Monbijou；　28th　June；　1757；　born　at　Hanover；　27th　March；　1687。＇　In　her　seventy…　first　year：　of　no　definite　violent　disease；　worn　down　with　chagrins　and　apprehensions；　in　this　black　whirlpool　of　Public　troubles。　So　far　as　appears；　the　news　came　on　Friedrich　by　surprise：〃bad　cough；〃　we　hear　of；　and　of　his　anxieties　about　it；　in　the　Spring　time；　then　again　of　〃improvement；　recovery；　in　the　fine　weather；〃　no　thought；　just　now；　of　such　an　event：　and　he　took　it　with　a　depth　of　affliction；　which　my　less　informed　readers　are　far　from　expecting　of　him。

July　2d；　the　news　came：　King　withdrew　into　privacy；　to　weep　and　bewail　under　this　new　pungency　of　grief；　superadded　to　so　many　others。　Mitchell　says：　〃For　two　days　he　had　no　levee；　only　the　Princes　dined　with　him　＇Princes　Henri　and　Ferdinand；　Prince　of　Prussia　is　gone　to　Jung…Bunzlau；　would　get　the　sad　message　there；　among　his　other　troubles＇：　yesterday；　July　3d；　King　sent　for　me　in　the　afternoon；the　first　time　he　has　seen　anybody　since　the　news　came：I　had　the　honor　to　remain　with　him　some　hours　in　his　closet。　I　must　own　to　your　Lordship　I　was　most　sensibly　afflicted　to　see　him　indulging　his　grief；　and　giving　way　to　the　warmest　filial　affections；　recalling　to　mind　the　many　obligations　he　had　to　her　late　Majesty；　all　she　had　suffered；　and　how　nobly　she　bore　it；　the　good　she　did　to　everybody；　the　one　comfort　he　now　had；　to　think　of　having　tried　to　make　her　last　years　more　agreeable。〃　＇　Papers　and　Memoirs；　　i。　253；　Despatch　to　Holderness；　4th　July　（slightly　abridged）；see　ib。　i。　357…359　（Private　Journal）。　Westphalen；　ii。　14。　See　　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　iv。　182。＇　In　the　thick　of　public　business；　this　kind　of　mood　to　Mitchell　seems　to　have　lasted　all　the　time　of　Leitmeritz；　which　is　about　three　weeks　yet：　Mitchell's　Note…books　and　Despatches；　in　that　part；　have　a　fine　Biographic　interest；　the　wholly　human　Friedrich　wholly　visible　to　us　there　as　he　seldom　is。　Going　over　his　past　Life　to　Mitchell；　brief；　candid；　pious　to　both　his　Parents；inexpressibly　sad；　like　moonlight　on　the　grave　of　one's　Mother；　silent　that；　while　so　much　else　is　too　noisy！

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