history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第40部分

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ichs　Army；　all　was　gone　to　staves；　to　utter　chaotic　wreck。　Hildburghausen　went　by　Naumburg；　crossed　the　Saale　there；　bent　homewards　through　the　Weimar　Country；　one　wild　flood　of　ruin；　swift　as　it　could　go；　at　Erfurt　〃only　one　regiment　was　in　rank；　and　marched　through　with　drums　beating。〃　His　Army；　which　had　been　disgustingly　unhappy　from　the　first；　and　was　now　fallen　fluid　on　these　mad　terms；　flowed　all　away　in　different　rills；　each　by　the　course　straightest　home；　and　Hildburghausen　arriving　at　Bamberg；　with　hardly　the　ghost　or　mutilated　skeleton　of　an　Army；　flung　down　his　truncheon；〃A　murrain　on　your　Reichs　Armies　and　regimental　chaoses！〃and　went　indignantly　home。　Reichs　Army　had　to　begin　at　the　beginning　again；　and　did　not　reappear　on　the　scene　till　late　next　Year；　under　a　new　Commander；　and　with　slightly　improved　conditions。

Dauphiness　Proper　was　in　no　better　case；　and　would　have　flowed　home　in　like　manner；　had　not　home　been　so　far；　and　the　way　unknown。　Twelve　thousand　of　them　rushed　straggling　through　the　Eichsfeld；　plundering　and　harrying；　like　Cossacks　or　Calmucks：　〃Army　blown　asunder；　over　a　circle　of　forty　miles'　radius；〃　writes　St。　Germain：　〃had　the　Enemy　pursued　us；　after　I　got　broken　＇burst　in　upon　by　Mayer　and　his　Free…Corps　people＇　we　had　been　annihilated。　Never　did　Army　behave　worse；　the　first　cannon…salvo　decided　our　rout　and　our　shame。〃　＇St。　Germain　to　Verney：　different　Excerpts　of　Letters　in　the　two　weeks　after　Rossbach　and　before　（given　in　Preuss；　ii。　97）。＇

In　two　days'　time　（November　7th）；　the　French　had　got　to　Langensalza；　fifty…five　miles　from　the　Battle…field　of　Rossbach；　plundering；　running；　SACRE…DIEU…ing；　a　wild　deluge　of　molten　wreck；　filling　the　Eichsfeld　with　its　waste　noises；　making　night　hideous　and　day　too；in　the　villages　Placards　were　stuck　up；　appointing　Nordhausen　and　Heiligenstadt　for　rallying　place。　＇Muller；　p。　73。＇

Soubise　rode；　with　few　attendants；　all　night　towards　Nordhausen；　eighty　miles　off；　foot　of　the　Bracken　Country；　where　the　Richelieu　resources　are；Soubise　with　few　attendants；　face　set　towards　the　Brocken；　himself；　it　is　like；　in　a　somewhat　hag…ridden　condition。

〃The　joy　of　poor　Teutschland　at　large；〃　says　one　of　my　Notes；　〃and　how　all　Germans；　Prussian　and　Anti…Prussian　alike；　flung　up　their　caps；　with　unanimous　LEBE…HOCH；　at　the　news　of　Rossbach；　has　often　been　remarked；　and　indeed　is　still　almost　touching　to　see。　The　perhaps　bravest　Nation　in　the　world；　though　the　least　braggart；　very　certainly　EIN　TAPFERES　VOLK　（as　their　Goethe　calls　them）；　so　long　insulted；　snubbed　and　trampled　on；　by　a　luckier；　not　a　braver：has　not　your　exultant　Dauphiness　got　a　beautiful　little　dose　administered　her；　and　is　gone　off　in　foul　shrieks；　and　pangs　of　the　interior；let　no　man　ask　whitherward！　'SI　UN　ALLEMAND　PEUT　AVOIR　DE　L'ESPRIT　（Can　a　German　possibly　have　sharpness　of　wits）？'　Well；　yes；　it　would　seem：　here　is　one　German　graduate　who　understands　his　medicine…chest；　and　the　quality　of　patients！　Dauphiness　got　no　pity　anywhere；　plenty　of　epigrams；　and　mostly　nothing　but　laughter　even　in　Paris　itself。　Napoleon　long　after；　who　much　admires　Friedrich；　finds　that　this　Victory　of　Rossbach　was　inevitable；　'but　what　fills　me　with　astonishment　and　shame；'　adds　he；　'is　that　it　was　gained　by　six　battalions　and　thirty　squadrons　＇seven　properly；　and　thirty…eight＇　over　such　a　multitude！'　＇Montholon；　MEMOIRES　&C。　DE　NAPOLEON　（Napoleon's　　Precis　des　Guerres　de　Frrederic　II。；　　vii。　210）。＇It　is　well　known；　Napoleon；　after　Jena；　as　if　Jena　had　not　been　enough　for　him；　tore　down　the　first　Monument　of　Rossbach；　some　poor　ashlar　Pyramid　or　Pillar；　raised　by　the　neighborhood；　with　nothing　more　afflictive　inscribed　on　it　than　a　date；　and　sent　it　off　in　carts　for　Paris　（where　no　stone　of　it　ever　arrived；　the　Thuringen　carmen　slinking　off；　and　leaving　it　scattered　in　different　places　over　the　face　of　Thuringen　in　general）；　so　that　they　had　the　trouble　of　a　new　one　lately。〃　＇Rodenbeck；　　Beitrage；　　i。　299；　ib。　p。　385；　Lithograph　of　the　poor　extinct　Monument　itself。＇

From　Friedrich　the　〃Army　of　the　Circles；〃　that　is；　Dauphiness　and　Company；called　HOOPERS　or　〃Coopers〃　（TONNELIERS）；　with　a　desperate　attempt　at　wit　by　pun；get　their　Adieu　in　words　withal。　This　is　the　famed　CONGE　DE　L'ARMEE　DES　CERCLES　ET　DES　TONNELIERS；　a　short　metrical　Piece；　called　by　Editors　the　most　profane；　most　indecent；　most　&c。；　and　printed　with　asterisk　veils　thrown　over　the　worst　passages。　Who　shall　dare；　searching　and　rummaging　for　insight　into　Friedrich；　and　complaining　that　there　is　none；　to　lift　any　portion　of　the　veil；　and　say；　〃SeeFaugh！〃　The　cynicism；　truly；　but　also　the　irrepressible　honest　exultation；　has　a　kind　of　epic　completeness；　and　fulness　of　sincerity；　and；　at　bottom；　the　thing　is　nothing　like　so　wicked　as　careless　commentators　have　given　out。　Dare　to　look　a　little：　…

〃ADIEU；　GRANDS　ERASEURS　DE　ROIS；〃　so　it　starts：　〃Adieu；　grand　crushers　of　Kings；　arrogant　wind…bags；　Turpin；　Broglio；　Soubise；　Hildburghausen　with　the　gray　beard；　foolish　still　as　when　your　beard　was　black　in　the　Turk…War　time：brisk　journey　to　you　all！〃　That　is　the　first　stanza；　unexceptionable；　had　we　room。　The　second　stanza　is；with　the　veils　partially　lifted；　with　probably　〃MOISE〃　put　into　the　first　blank；　and　into　the　third　something　of　or　belonging　to　〃CESAR；〃

　〃Je　vows　ai　vu　comme　。。。　　　　　　　　　　　Dans　des　ronces　en　certain　lieu　　　　　　　　　　　Eut　l'honneur　de　voir　。。。　　　　　　　　　　　Ou　comme　au　gre　de　sa　luxure　　　　　　　　　　　Le　bon　Nicomede　a　l'ecart　　　　　　　　　　　Aiguillonnait　sa　flamme　impure　　　　　　　　　　　Des　。。。〃　　

Enough　to　say；　the　Author；　with　a　wild　burst　of　spiritual　enthusiasm；　sings　the　charms　of　the　rearward　part　of　certain　men；　and　what　a　royal　ecstatic　felicity　there　sometimes　is　in　indisputable　survey　of　the　same。　He　rises　to　the　heights　of　Anti…　Biblical　profanity；　quoting　Moses　on　the　Hill　of　Vision；　sinks　to　the　bottomless　of　human　or　ultra…human　depravity；　quoting　King　Nicomedes's　experiences　on　Caesar　（happily　known　only　to　the　learned）；　and；　in　brief；　recognizes　that　there　is；　on　occasion；　considerable　beauty　in　that　quarter　of　the　human　figure；　when　it　turns　on　you　opportunely。　A　most　cynical　profane　affair：　yet；　we　must　say　by　way　of　parenthesis；　one　which　gives　no　countenance　to　Voltaire's　atrocities　of　rumor　about　Friedrich　himself　in　this　matter；　the　reverse　rather；　if　well　read；　being　altogether　theoretic；　scientific；　sings　with　gusto　the　glow　of　beauty　you　find　in　that　unexpected　quarter；while　KICKING　it　deservedly　and　with　enthusiasm。　〃To　see　the〃what　shall　we　call　it：　seat　of　honor；　in　fact；　〃of　your　enemy：〃　has　it　not　an　undeniable　charm？　〃I　own　to　you　in　confidence；　O　Soubise　and　Company；　this　fine　laurel　I　have　got；　and　was　so　in　need　of；　is　nothing　more　or　other　than　the　sight　of　your〃FOUR　ASTERISKS。　〃Oblige　me；　whenever　clandestine　Fate　brings　us　together；　by　showing　me　that〃always　that；　if　you　would　give　me　pleasure　when　we　meet。　〃And　oh；〃　next　stanza　says；　〃to　think　what　our　glory　is　founded　on；〃on　view　of　that　unmentionable　object；　I　declare　to　you！And　through　other　stanzas；　getting　smutty　enough　（though　in　theory　only）；　which　we　need　not　prosecute　farther。　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xii。　70…73　（WRITTEN　at　Freiburg；　6th　November；　when　his　Majesty　got　thither；　and　found　the　Bridge　burnt）。＇　A　certain　heartiness　and　epic　greatness　of　cynicism；　life's　nakedness　grown　almost　as　if　innocent　again；　an　immense　suppressed　insuppressible　Haha；　on　the　part　of　this　King。　Strange　TE…DEUM　indeed。　Coming　from　the　very　heart；　truly；　as　few　of　them　do；　but　not；　in　other　points；　recommendable　at　all！Here；　of　the　night　before；　is　something　better：


TO　WILHELMINA。

〃NEAR　WEISSENFELS　＇OBSCHUTZ；　in　fact；　does　not　know　yet　what　the　Battle　will　be　CALLED＇；　5th　November；　1757。

〃At　last；　my　dear　Sister；　I　can　announce　you　a　bit　of　good　news。　You　were　doubtless　aware　that　the　Coopers　with　their　circles　had　a　mind　to　take　Leipzig。　I　ran　up；　and　hove　them　beyond　Saale。　The　Duc　de　Richelieu　sent　them　a　reinforcement　of　twenty　battalions　and　fourteen　squadrons　＇say　15；000　horse　and　foot＇；　they　then　called　themselves　63；000　strong。　Yesterday　I　went　to　reconnoitre　them；　could　not　attack　them　in　the　post　they　held。　This　had　rendered　them　rash。　Today　they　came　out　with　the　intention　of　attacking　me；　but　I　took　the　start　of　them　（LES　AI　PREVENU）。　It　was　a　Battle　EN　DOUCEUR　（soft　to　one's　wish）。　Thanks　to　God　I　have　not　a　hundred　men　killed；　the　only　General　ill　wounded　is　Meinecke。　My　Brother　Henri　and　General　Seidlitz　have　slight　hurts　＇gun…shots；　not　so　slight；　that　of　Seidlitz＇　in　the　arm。　We　have　all　the　Enemy's　cannon；　all　the　。。。　I　am　in　full　march　to　drive　them　over　the　Unstrut　＇already　driven；　your　Majesty；　bridge　burning＇。

〃You；　my　dear　Sister；　my　good；　my　divine　and　affectionate　Sister　＇faithful　to　the　bone；　in　good　truth；　poor　Wilhelmina＇；　who　deign　to　interest　yourself　in　the　fate　of　a　Brother　who　adores　you；　deign　also　to　share　in　my　joy。　The　instant　I　have　time；　I　will　tell　you　more。　I　embrace　you　with　my　whole　heart；　Adieu。　F。〃　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xxvii。　i。　310。＇


ULTERIOR　FATE　OF　DAUPHINESS；　FLIES　OVER　THE　RHINE　IN　BAD　FASHION：　DAUPHINESS'S　WAYS　WITH　THE　SAXON　POPULATION　IN　HER　DELIVERANCE…WORK。

Friedrich　had　no　more　fighting　with　the　French。　November　9th；　at　Merseburg；　in　all　stillness；　Duke　Ferdinand　got　his　Britannic　Commission；　his　full　Powers；　from　Friedrich　and　the　parties　interested；　in　all　stillness　made　his　arrangements；　as　if　for　Magdeburg　and　his　Governorship　there；Friedrich　hastening　off　for　Silesia　the　while。　Duke　Ferdinand　did　stay　six　days　in　Magdeburg；　inspecting　or　pretending　to　inspect；　very　pleasant　with　his　Sister　and　the　Royalties　that；　are　now　there；　but；　at　midnight　of　day　sixth　shot　off　silently　on　wider　errand。　And；　in　sum；　on　Thursday；　24th　November；　1757；　appeared　in　Stade；　on　horseback　at　morning　parade　there；　intimating；　to　what　joy　of　the　poor　Brunswick　Grenadiers　and　others；　That　he　was　come　to　take　command；　that　Kloster…Zeven　is　abolished；　that　we　are　not　an　〃Observation　Army；〃　rotting　here　in　the　parish　pound；　any　longer；　but　an　〃Allied　Army〃　（such　now　our　title）；　intending　to　strike　for　ourselves；　and　get　out　of　po