history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第42部分

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aordinary　quantities。　The　marching　lasted　fourteen　days；　namely；　till　the　6th　November　＇day　AFTER　Rossbach；　when　they　burnt　our　poor　Bridge；　and　marched　for　the　last　time＇；　and　often　the　billeting　was　so　heavy；　that　in　a　single　house　there　were　forty　or　fifty　men。　Who　at　all　times　had　to　be　lodged　and　dieted　gratis；　nay　many　householders；　over　and　above　the　ordinary　meal；　were　obliged　to　give　them　money　too；　and　many　poor　people；　who　can　scarcely　get　their　own　bit　of　bread；　had　to　run　and　bring　at　once　their　sixteen　or　eighteen　groschen　＇pence＇　worth　of　wine；　not　to　speak　of　coffee　and　sugar。　And　a　great　increase　of　the　mischief　it　was　always；　that　the　soldiers　and　common　people　did　not　understand　one　another's　language。〃Heavy　billeting；　but　what　was　that？　。。。　〃Vast；　nearly　impossible；　quantities　of　forage　and　provision；〃　were　wrung　from　us；　as　from　all　the　other　Towns　and　Villages　about；　〃under　continual　threatening　to　burn　and　raze　us　from　the　earth。　Often　did　our　French　Colonel　threaten；　'He　would　have　the　cannon　opened　on　Freiburg　straightway。'　Nay；　had　it　stood　by　foraging；　we　might　have　reckoned　ourselves　lucky。　But　our　straits　increased　day　by　day；　and　sheer　plundering　became　more　and　more　excessive。

〃The　robbing　and　torturing　of　travellers；　the　plundering　and　burning　of　Saxon　Villages　。。。　Almost　all　the　Towns　and　Villages　hereabouts　are　so　plundered　out；　that　many　a　one　now　has　nothing　but　what　he　carries　on　his　body。　Plundering　was　universal：　and　no　sooner　was　one　party　away；　than　another　came；　and　still　another；　and　often　the　same　house　was　three　or　four　times　plundered。　Branderode；　a　Village　two　leagues　from　this　＇stands　on　the　Field　of　Rossbach；　if　we　look＇；　is　so　ruined　out；　that　nobody　almost　has　anything　left：　Chief　Inspector　Baron　von　Bose's　Schloss　there；　with　its　splendid　appointments；　they　ruined　utterly；　took　all　money；　victuals；　valuables；　furniture；　clothes；　linen　and　beds；　all　they　could　carry；　what　could　not　be　carried　away；　they　cut；　hewed　and　smashed　to　pieces；　broke　the　wine…casks；　and　even　tore　up　the　documents　and　letters　they　found　lying　in　the　place。　Branderode　Dorf　was　twice　set　fire　to　by　them；　and　was；　at　last；　with　Zeuchfeld；　which　is　an　Amtsdorf；after　both　had　been　plundered；reduced　to　ashes。　The　Churches　of　Branderode　and　Zeuchfeld；　with　several　other　Churches；　were　plundered；　the　altars　broken；　the　altar…cloths　and　other　vestures　cut　to　pieces；　and　the　sacred　vessels　and　cups　carried　away；except　＇for　we　have　a　notarial　exactness；　and　will　exaggerate　nothing＇　that　in　the　case　of　Branderode　they　sent　the　cup　back。　Of　the　pollution　of　the　altars；　and　of　the　blasphemous　songs　these　people　sang　in　the　churches；　one　cannot　think　without　horror。

〃And　it　was　merely　our　pretended　Allies　and　Protectors　that　have　desecrated　our　divine　service；　utterly　wasted　our　Country；　reduced　the　inhabitants　to　want　and　desperation；　and；　in　short；　have　so　behaved　that　you　would　not　know　this　region　again。　Truly　these　troops　have　realized　for　us　most　of　the　infamies　we　heard　reported　of　the　Cossacks；　and　their　ravagings　in　Preussen　lately。　

〃It　is　one　of　their　smallest　doings　that　they　robbed　a　Saxon　Clergyman　＇name　and　circumstances　can　be　given　if　required）；　three　times　over；　on　the　public　Highway；　shot　at　him；　tied　him　to　a　horse's　tail　and　dragged　him　along　with　them；　so　that　he　is　now　lying　ill；　in　danger　of　his　life。　On　the　whole；　it　is　our　beloved　Pastors；　Clergymen　most　of　all；　that　have　been　plundered　of　everything　they　had。

〃Balgart　and　Zschieplitz；　both　Villages　half　a　league　from　this；　have　likewise　been　heavily　plundered；　they　have　even　left　the　Parson　nothing　but　what　he　wore　on　his　back。　Grost；〃　another　Rossbach　place；　〃which　belongs　to　the　Kammerjunker　Heldorf；　has　likewise〃　。。。　OHE；　SATIS！〃All　this　happened　between　the　23d　and　3lst　October；　consequently　before　the　Battle。　。。。　In　many　Villages　you　see　the　trees　and　fields　sprinkled　with　feathers　from　the　beds　that　have　been　slit　up。

〃In　several　Villages　belonging　to　the　Royal　Electoral　privy　Councillor　von　Bruhl　＇who　is　properly　the　fountain　of　all　this　and　of　much　other　misery　to　us；　if　we　knew　it！＇　the　plundering　likewise　had　begun；　and　a　quantity　of　about　a　hundred　swine　＇so　ho！＇　had　been　cut　in　pieces：　but　in　the　midst　of　their　work；　the　Allies　heard　that　these　were　Bruhl　estates；　and　ceased　their　havoc　of　them。　These　accordingly　are　the　only　lands　in　all　this　region　whose　fate　has　been　tolerable。

〃The　appellation；　every　moment　renewed；　of　'Heretic！'　was　the　courteous　address　from　these　people　to　our　fellow…Christians；　'heretic　dogs　（KETZERISCHE　HUNDE）'　was　a　PRADICAT　always　in　their　mouth。

〃In　Weischutz；〃　a　mile　or　two　from　us；　up　the　Unstrut；　〃a　French　Colonel　who　wanted　to　ride　out　upon　the　works；　made　the　there　Pastor；　Magister　Schren；　stoop　down　by　way　of　horse…block；　and　mounted　into　the　saddle　from　his　back。　＇Messieurs；　you　will　kindle　the　wrath　of　mankind　some　day；　and　get　a　terrible　plucking；　with　those　high　ways　of　yours！＇

〃Churches　are　all　smashed；　obscene　songs　were　sung；　in　form　of　litany；　from　the　pulpits　and　altars；　what　was　done　with　the　communion…vessels；　when　they　were　not　worth　stealing；〃is　hideous　to　the　religious　sense；　and　shall　not　be　mentioned　in　human　speech。　

　　3。　THE　BROGLIO　REINFORCEMENT　COMING　ACROSS　TO　JOIN　SOUBISE；　AND　　　　　PERFORM　AT　ROSSBACH　（Humble　Petition　from　the　Magistrates　of　　　　　　　Sangerhausen；　To　the　King　of　Poland's　Majesty）：

SANGERHAUSEN；　23d　OCTOBER；　1757。〃Scarcely　had　we；　with　profound　submission　（ALLERUNTERTHANIGST）；　under　date　of　the　13th　current；　represented　to　your　Royal　Majesty　and　Electoral　Translucency　how　heavily　we　were　pressed　down　by　the　forage　requisitions　and　transits　of　troops；　and　the　consequent；　expenditure　in　food；　drinking；　in　oats　and　hay；　which　no　one　pays；when　directly　thereafter；　on　the　14th　of　October；　a　new　French　party；　of　the　Fischer　Corps；〃Fischer　is　a　mighty　Hussar；　scarcely　inferior　to　Turpin；；　and　stands　in　astonishing　authority　with　Richelieu；　and　an　Army　whose　object　is　plunder；　＇Ferdinand's　Correspondente；　SOEPIUS　（　Westphalen；　　i。　40…127）；　&c。　&c。＇〃new　party　of　the　Fischer　Corps；　of　some　sixty　men　and　horse；　arrived　in　the　Town；　demanded　meat；　drink；　oats　aud　hay；　and　all　things　necessary；　which　they　received　from　us；and　not　only　paid　not　one　farthing　for　all　this；　but　furthermore　some　of　them；　instead　of　thanks　to　their　Landlord；　Rossold；　forcibly　broke　up　his　press；　drank　his　brandy；　and　carried　off　a　TOUTE　（gather…all）　with　money　in　it。　From　a　Tanner；　Lindauer　by　name；　they　bargained　for　a　buckskin；　and　having　taken；　would　not　pay　it。　In　the　RATHSKELLER　（Town　Public…house）　they　drank　much　wine；　and　gave　nothing　for　it：　nay　on　marching　off；because　no　mounted　guide　（REITENDER　BOTE）　was　at　hand；　and　though　they　had　before　expressly　said　none　such　would　be　needed；they　rushed　about　like　distracted　persons　（WIE　RASENDE　LEUTE）　in　the　market…place　and　in　the　streets；　beat　the　people；　tumbled　them　about；　and　lugged　them　along；　in　a　violent　manner；　using　abusive　language　to　a　frightful　extent；　and　threatening　every　misfortune。

〃Hardly　were　we　rid　of　this　confusion　and　astonishment　when；　on　October　21st；　a　whole　swarm　of　horses；　men；　women；　children　and　wagons；　which　likewise　all　belonged　to　the　Fischer　Corps；　and　were　commanded　by　First…Lieutenant　Schmidt；　came　into　our　Town。　This　troop　consisted　of　80　men；　part　infantry；　part　cavalry；　with　some　80　work…horses；　10　baggage…wagons；　and　about　100　persons；　women；　sick　people　and　the　like。　They　stayed　the　whole　night　here；　made　meat；　drink；　corn；　hay　and　whatever　they　needed　be　brought　them；　and　went　off　next　day　without　paying　anything。

〃Our　Inns　were　now　almost　quite　exhausted　of　forage　in　corn　or　hay；　and　we　knew　not　how　we　were　to　pay　what　had　been　spent；when　the　thirty　French　Light　Cavalry；　of　whom　we；　with　profound　submission；　on　the　13th　HUJUS　gave　your　Royal　Majesty　and　Electoral　Translucency　account；　renewed　their　visit　upon　us；　came；　under　the　command　of　Rittmeister　de　Mocu；　on　the　22d　of　October　＇while　the　baggage…wagons；　work…horses；　women；　sick；　and　so　forth；　were　hardly　gone＇；　towards　evening；　into　the　Town；　consumed　in　meat　and　drink；　oats　and　hay；　and　the　like；　what　they　could　lay　hold　of；　and　next　morning　early　marched　away；　paying；　as　their　custom　is；　nothing。　

〃Not　enough　that；besides　the　great　forage…contribution　（LIEFERUNG）；　which　we　already；　with　profound　submission；　notified　to　your　Royal　Majesty　and　Electoral　Translucency　as　having　been　laid　upon　us；　and　that；　by　order　of　the　Duc　de　Broglio；　a　new　requisition　is　now　laid　on　us；　and　we　have　had　to　engage　for　sixty…　four　more　sacks　of　wheat；　and　thirty…two　of　rye　（as　is　noted　under　head　A；　in　the　enclosed　copy）；there　has　farther　come　on　us；　on　the　part　of　the　Reichs　Army；　from　Kreis…Commissarius　Heldorf　＇whose　Schloss　of　Grost；　we　perceive；　they　have　since　burnt；　by　way　of　thanks　to　him　＇Supra；　No。　2。＇＇；　the　simultaneous　Order　for　instant　delivery　of　Forage　（as　under　head　B；　here　enclosed）！　Thus　are　we；　at　the　appointed　places；　all　at　once　to　furnish　such　quantities；　more　than　we　can　raise；　and　know　not　when　or　where　we　shall；　either　for　what　has　been　already　furnished；　or　for　what　is　still　to　be；　receive　one　penny　of　money：　nay；　over　and　above；　we　are　to　sustain　the　many　marchings　of　troops；　and　provide　to　the　same　what　meat；　drink；　oats；　hay　and　so　on；　they　require；　without　the　least　return　of　payment！

〃So　unendurable；　and；　taken　all　together；　so　hard　（SIC）　begins　the　conduct　of　these　troops；　that　profess　being　come　as　friends　and　helpers；　to　appear　to　us。　And　Heaven　alone　knows　how　long；　under　a　continuance　of　such　things；　the　subjects　（whom　the　Hail…storm　of　last　year　had　at　any　rate　impoverished）　shall　be　able　to　support　the　same。　We　would；　were　a　reasonable　delivery　of　forage　laid　upon　us　even　at　a　low　price；　and　the　board　and　billet　of　the　marching　troops　paid　to　us　even　in　part；　lay　out　our　whole　strength　in　helping　to　bear　the　burdens　of　the　Fatherland；　but　if　such　things　go　on；　which　will　soon　leave　us　only　bare　life　and　empty　huts；　we　can　look　forward　to　nothing　but　our　ruin　and　destruction。　But；　as　it　is　not　your　Royal　Majesty's　and　Electoral　Translucency's　most　gracious　will　that　we；　your　Most　Supreme