history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第65部分

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ir　Camp　again；　leaving　only　the　artillery　to　respond；　so　far　as　needful；　and　bow…wow　across　the　Zabern　ground；　till　the　Russians　lay　down　again。

Friedrich's　Hussars　knew　of　the　Russian　WAGENBURG；　or　general　baggage　reservoirs；　at　Klein　Kamin；　by　this　time。　The　Hussars　had　been　in　it；　last　night；　rummaging　extensively；　at　discretion　for　some　time；　and　had　brought　away　much　money　and　portable　plunder。　Why　Friedrich；　who　lay　direct　between　Fermor　and　his　Wagenburg；　did　not；　this　day；　extinguish　said　Wagenburg；　I　do　not　know；　but　guess　it　may　have　been　a　fault　of　omission；　in　the　great　welter　this　was　now　grown　to　be　to　the　weary　mind。　Beyond　question；　if　one　had　blown　up　Fermor's　remaining　gunpowder；　and　carried　off　or　burnt　his　meal…sacks；　he　must　have　cowered　away　all　the　faster　towards　Landsberg　to　seek　more。　Or　perhaps　Friedrich　now　judged　it　immaterial；　and　a　question　only　of　hours？

About　midnight　of　Saturday…Sunday；　there　again　rose　bow…wowing；　bellowing　of　Russian　cannon；　not　from　beyond　the　Zabern　ground　this　time；　nor　stationary　anywhere；　but　from　the　south　some　transient　part　of　it；　and　not　far　off；one　ball　struck　a　carriage　near　the　King's　tent；　and　shattered　it。　Thick　mist　mantles　everything；　and　it　is　difficult　to　know　what　the　Russians　have　on　hand　in　their　sylvan　seclusions。　After　a　time；　it　becomes　manifest　the　Russians　are　on　retreat；　winding　round；　through　the　southern　woods；　behind　Zorndorf　and　the　charred　Villages；　to　Klein　Kamin；　Landsberg　way。　Friedrich；　following　now　on　the　heel　of　them；　finds　all　got　to　Klein　Kamin；　to　breakfast　there　in　their　Wagenburg　refectory；　sharply　vigilant；　many　FLECHES　（little　arrow…shaped　redoubts；　so　named）　and　much　artillery　round　them。　Nothing　considerable　to　be　done　upon　them；　now　or　afterwards；　except　pick　up　stragglers；　and　distress　their　rear　a　little。　The　King　himself；　in　the　first　movement；　was　thought　to　be　in　alarming　peril；　such　a　blaze　of　case…shot　rose　upon　him；　as　he　went　reconnoitring　foremost　of　all。　＇Tempelhof；　ii。　216…238；　Tielcke；　ii。　79…154；　Archenholtz；　i。　253…264；　　Helden…Geschichte；　　v。　156…179　（with　many　LISTS；　private　LETTERS　and　the　like　details）；　&c。　&c。＇

And　this　was；　at　last；　the　end　of　Zorndorf　Battle；　on　the　third　day　this。　Was　there　ever　seen　such　a　fight　of　Theseus　and　the　Minotaur！　Theseus；　rapid；　dexterous；　with　Heaven's　lightning　in　his　eyes；　seizing　the　Minotaur；　lassoing　him　by　the　hinder　foot；　then　by　the　right　horn；　pouring　steel　and　destruction　into　him；　the　very　dust　darkening　all　the　air。　Minotaur　refusing　to　die　when　killed；　tumbling　to　and　fro　upon　its　Theseus；　the　two　lugging　and　tugging；　flinging　one　another　about；　and　describing　figures　of　8　round　each　other　for　three　days　before　it　ended。　Minotaur　walking　off　on　his　own　feet；　after　all。　It　was　the　bloodiest　battle　of　the　Seven…Years　War；　one　of　the　most　furious　ever　fought；　such　rage　possessing　the　individual　elements；　rage　unusual　in　modern　wars。　Must　have　altered　Friedrich's　notion　of　the　Russians；　when　he　next　comes　to　speak　with　Keith。　It　was　not　till　the　fourth　day　hence　（August　31st）；　so　unattackably　strong　was　this　position　at　Klein　Kamin；　that　the　Russian　Minotaur　would　fairly　get　to　its　feet　a　second　time；　and　slowly　stagger　off；　in　real　earnest；　Landsberg　way　and　Konigsberg　way；Friedrich　right　glad　to　leave　Dohna　in　attendance　on　it；　and　hasten　off　（September　2d）　towards　Saxony　and　Prince　Henri；　where　his　presence　is　now　become　very　needful。

　　MAP　GOES　HERE FACING　PAGE　138；　BOOK　XVIII…


Fermor；　walking　off　in　this　manner；not　till　the　third　day；　nay　not　conclusively　till　the　seventh　day；　after　Zorndorf；strove　at　first　to　consider　himself　victorious。　〃I　passed　the　night　on　the　field　of　battle　＇or　NOT　far　from　it；　for　good　reasons；　Mutzel　being　bridgeless＇：　may　not　I；　in　the　language　of　enthusiasm；　be　considered　conqueror？　Here　are　26　of　their　cannon；　got　when　I　cried　'Arah'　prematurely。　（Where　the　103　pieces　of　my　own　are；　and　my　27　flags；　and　my　Army…chest　and　sundries？　Dropped　somewhere；　they　will　probably　turn　up　again！）〃　thinks　Fermor；or　strives　to　think；　and　says。　So　that；　at　Petersburg；　at　Paris　and　Vienna；　in　the　next　three　weeks；　there　were　TE…DEUMS；　Ambrosian　chantings；　fires…of…　joy；　and　considerable　arguing　among　the　Gazetteers　on　both　parts；　till　the　dust　settled；　and　facts　appeared　as　they　were。　To　the　effect：　〃TE　DEUM　non　LAUDAMUS；　alas　no；　we　must　retract；　and　it　was　good　gunpowder　thrown　after　bad！〃

On　always　homewards；　but　at　its　own　pace；　waited　on　by　Dohna；　goes　the　Russian　Monster：　violently　case…shotting　if　you　prick　into　its　rearward　parts。　One　Palmbach；under　Romanzow；　I　think；　who　had　not　taken　part　in　the　Battle；　being　out　Stettin　way；　and　unable　to　join　till　now；Palmbach；　with　a　Detachment　of　15；000；　which　was　thought　sufficient　for　the　object；　did　try　to　make　a　dash　on　Colberg；how　happy　had　we　any　port　on　the　Baltic；　to　feed　us　in　this　Country！　But　though　Colberg　is　the　paltriest　crow's…nest　（BICOQUE）；　according　to　all　engineers；　and　is　defended　only　by　700　militia　（the　Colonel　of　them；　one　Heyde；　a　gray　old　Half…pay；　not　yet　renowned　in　the　soldier　world；　as　he　here　came　to　be）；　Palmbach；　with　his　best　diligence；　could　make　nothing　of　it；　but；　after　battering；　bombarding；　even　scalading；　and　in　all　ways　blurting　and　blazing　at　a　mighty　rate　for　four　weeks；　and　wasting　a　great　deal　of　gunpowder　and　2；000　Russian　lives；　withdrew　on　those　remarkable　terms。　＇In　　Helden…Geschichte；　　v。　349…365　（〃3d…3lst　October；　1758〃）；　a　complete　and　minute　JOURNAL　of　this　First　Siege　of　Colberg；　which　is　interesting　to　read　of；　as　all　the　Three　of　them　are。＇　And　did　then；　as　tail　of　Fermor；　what　Fermor　and　the　Russian　Monster　was　universally　doing；　make　off　at　a　good　pace；having　nothing　to　live　upon　farther；and　vanish　from　those　Countries；　to　the　relief　of　Dohna　and　mankind。

September　2d；　Friedrich；　leaving　all　that；　had　marched　for　Saxony；　his　presence　urgently　required　there。　Daun　ought　to　be　far　on　with　the　conquest　of　that　Country？　Might　have　had　it；　say　judges；　if　he　had　been　as　swift　as　some。At　Zorndorf；　among　the　Russian　Prisoners　were　certain　Generals；　Soltikof；　Czernichef；　Sulkowski　the　Pole；　proud　people　in　their　own　eyes：　no　lodging　for　them　but　the　cellars　of　Custrin。　Russian　Generals　complained；　〃Is　this　a　lodging　for　Field…Officers　of　rank！〃　Friedrich　was　not　used　to　profane　swearing；　or　vituperative　outbursts；　but　he　answered　to　the　effect：　〃Silence；　ye　incendiary　individuals。　Is　there　a　choice　left　of　lodgings；　and　for　you　above　others！〃　Upon　which　they　lay　silent　for　some　days；　till　better　suited；　in　fact；　till　exchanged；and　perhaps　will　soon　turn　up　on　us　again。



Chapter　XIV。

BATTLE　OF　HOCHKIRCH。

So　soon　as　Friedrich　quitted　Bohemia　and　Silesia　for　his　Russian　Enterprise；　there　rose　high　question　at　Vienna；　〃To　what　shall　our　Daun　now　turn　himself？〃　A　Daun；　a　Reichs　Army；　free　for　new　employment；　in　Saxony　not　much　to　oppose　them；　in　Silesia　almost　nothing　in　comparison。　〃Recapture　of　Silesia？〃　Yes　truly；　that　is　the　steady　pole…star　at　Vienna。　But　they　have　no　Magazines　in　Silesia；　no　Siege…furnitures；　and　the　season　is　far　spent。　They　decide　that　there　shall　be　a　stroke　upon　Dresden；　and　recovery　of　Saxony；　in　Friedrich's　absence。　Nothing　there　at　present　but　a　Prince　Henri；　weak　in　numbers；　say　one　to　two　of　the　Reichs　Army　by　itself。　Let　the　Reichs　Army　rise　now；　and　advance　through　the　Metal　Mountains　from　southeast　on　Prince　Henri；　let　Daun　circle　round　on　him；　through　the　Lausitz　from　northeast：　cannot　they　extinguish　Henri　between　them；　snatch　Dresden；　a　weak　ill…fortified　place；　by　sudden　onslaught；　and　recapture　Saxony？　That　will　be　magnanimous　to　our　august　Allies；and　that　will　be　an　excellent　scaffolding　for　recapture　of　Silesia　next　year。　And　cannot　Daun　leave　a　Force　in　the　Silesian　vicinities；Deville　with　so　many　thousands；　Harsch　with　so　many；to　besiege　one　of　their　Frontier　Places；　Neisse；　for　example？　Siege…furnitures　to　come　from　Mahren：　Neisse　is　not　farther　from　Olmutz　than　Olmutz　was　from　it。

That　was　the　scheme　fallen　upon；　now　getting　executed　while　Friedrich　is　at　Zorndorf　well　away。　And　that；　if　readers　fix　it　intelligently　in　their　memory；　will　suffice　to　introduce　to　them　the　few　words　more　that　can　be　allowed　us　here　upon　it。　A　very　few　words；　compressed　to　the　utmost；merely　as　preface　to　Hochkirch；　whither　we　must　hasten；　Hochkirch　being　the　one　incident　which；　except　to　studious　soldiers；　has　now　and　here　any　interest；　out　of　the　very　many　incidents　which；　then　and　there；　were　so　intensely　interesting　to　all　mankind。　To　readers　who　are　curious；　and　will　take　with　them　any　poorest　authentic　Outline　of　the　Localities　concerned；　the　following　condensed　Note　will　not　be　unintelligible。


DAUN　AND　THE　REICHS　ARMY　INVADE　SAXONY；　IN　FRIEDRICH'S　ABSENCE。

〃Daun；　pushing　out　with　his　best　speed；　along　the　Bohemian…Silesian　border；　had　got　to　Zittau　AUGUST　17th；　which　poor　City　is　to　be　his　basis　and　storehouse；　the　greatest　activity　and　wagoning　now　visible　there；〃among　the　burnt　walls　getting　rebuilt。　And　in　the　same　days；　Zweibruck　and　his　Reichs　Army　are　vigorously　afoot；　Zweibruck　pushing　across　the　Metal　Mountains；　the　fastest　he　can；　intending　to　plant　himself　in　Pirna　Country。　Not　to　mention　General　Dombale；　Zweibruck's　Austrian　Second；　who　has　the　Austrian　15；000　with　him；　and；　by　way　of　preface；　has　emerged　to　westward；　in　Zwickau…Tschopau　Country；　calculating　that　Prince　Henri　will　not　be　able　to　attend　to　him　just　now。　And　in　effect　Prince　Henri；　intent　upon　Zweibruck　and　the　Pirna　Country；　takes　position　in　the　old　Prussian　ground　there　（'head…quarter　Gross　Seidlitz；'　as　in　1756）；　and　can　only　leave　a　Detachment　in　Tschopau　Country　to　wait　upon　Dombale；　who　does　at　least　shoot　out　Croat　parties；　'quite　across　Saxony；　to　Halle　all　the　way；'　and　entertain　the　Gazetteers；　if　he　can　do　little　real　mischief。

〃AUGUST　19th；　from　Zittau；　Daun；　after　short　pause；　again　pushes　forward；nothing　but　Ziethen　attending　him　in　the　distance；　till　we　see　whitherward；Margraf　Karl　waiting　impatient；　at　Grussau；　till　Ziethen　see。　＇Tempelhof；　ii。　258；　260　et　seq。＇　Daun；　soon　after　Zittau；　shoots　out　Loudon；　Brandenburg　way；　as　if　magnanimously　intending　'co…operation　w