history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第60部分

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could　cut　the　root　of　them；　which　he　cannot。　JUNE　27th　＇while　Colonel　Mosel；　with　his　3；000　wagons；　still　only　one　stage　from　Troppau；　was　so　busy＇；　slow　Fermor　rose　from　Konitz；　began　hitching　southward；　southward　gradually　to　Posen；a　considerably　stronger　Polish　Town；　on　the　edge　both　of　Brandenburg　and　of　Silesia；and　has　been　sitting　there；　almost　ever　since　our　entrance　into　Bohemia；　his　Cossacks　burning　and　wasting　to　great　distances　in　both　Countries；　no　deciding　which　of　them　he　meant　to　invade　with　his　main　Army。　Sits　there　almost　a　month；　enigmatic　to　Dohna；　enigmatic　to　Friedrich：　till　Friedrich　decides　at　last　that　he　cannot　be　suffered　longer；　whichever　of　them　he　mean；　and　rises　for　Silesia　（August　2d）。　Precisely　about　which　day　Fermor　had　decided　for　Brandenburg；　and　rolled　over　thither；　towards　Custrin　and　the　Frankfurt…on…Oder　Country；　heralded　by　fire　and　murder；　as　usual。〃

Friedrich's　march　to　Landshut　is；　again；　much　admired。　Daun　had　beset　the　three　great　roads；　the　two　likeliest　especially；　with　abundant　Pandours；　and　his　best　Loudons　and　St。　Ignons：　Friedrich；　making　himself　enigmatic　to　Daun；　struck　into　the　third　road　by　Skalitz；　Nachod；　circuitous；　steep；　but　lying　Glatz…ward；　handy　for　support　of　various　kinds。　He　was　attempted；　once　or　more；　by　Pandours；　but　used　them　badly；　fell　in　with　Daun's　old　abatis　（well　wind…dried　now）；　in　different　places；　and　burnt　them　in　passing。　And　in　five　days　was　in　Kloster…Grussau；　safe　on　his　own　side　of　the　Mountains　again。　One　point　only　we　will　note；　in　these　Pandour　turmoilings。　From　Skalitz；　the　first　stage　of　his　march；　he　answers　a　Letter　of　Brother　Henri's：

TO　PRINCE　HENRI　（at　Tachopau　in　Saxony）。　〃What　you　write　to　me　of　my　Sister　of　Baireuth　＇that　she　has　been　in　extremity；　cannot　yet　write；　and　must　not　be　told　of　the　Prince　of　Prussia's　death　lest　it　kill　her＇　makes　me　tremble！　Next　to　our　Mother；　she　is　what　I　have　the　most　tenderly　loved　in　this　world。　She　is　a　Sister　who　has　my　heart　and　all　my　confidence；　and　whose　character　is　of　price　beyond　all　the　crowns　in　this　universe。　From　my　tenderest　years；　I　was　brought　up　with　her：　you　can　conceive　how　there　reigns　between　us　that　indissoluble　bond　of　mutual　affection　and　attachment　for　life；　which　in　all　other　cases；　were　it　only　from　disparity　of　ages；　is　impossible。　Would　to　Heaven　I　might　die　before　her；and　that　this　terror　itself　don't　take　away　my　life　without　my　actually　losing　her！〃　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xxvi。　179；　〃Klenny；　near　Skalitz；　3d　August；　1758；〃　Henri's　Letter　is　dated　〃Camp　of　Tschopau；　28th　July〃　（ib。　277）。＇　。。。

At　Grussau　（August　9th）　he　writes　to　his　dear　Wilhelmina　herself：　〃O　you；　the　dearest　of　my　family；　you　whom　I　have　most　at　heart　of　all　in　this　world；for　the　sake　of　whatever　is　most　precious　to　you；　preserve　yourself；　and　let　me　have　at　least　the　consolation　of　shedding　my　tears　in　your　bosom！　Fear　nothing　for　US；　and〃　O　King；　she　is　dying；　and　I　believe　knows　it；　though　you　will　hope　to　the　last！　There　is　something　piercingly　tragical　in　those　final　Letters　of　Friedrich　to　his　Wilhelmina；　written　from　such　scenes　of　wreck　and　storm；　and　in　Wilhelmina's　beautiful　ever…loving　quiet　Answers；　dictated　when　she　could　no　longer　write。　＇〃July　18th〃　is　the　last　by　her　hand；　and　〃almost　illegible；〃still　extant；　it　seems；　though　withheld　from　us。　Was　received　at　Grussau　here；　and　answered　at　some　length　（　OEuvres；　　xxvii。　i。　316）；　according　to　the　specimen　just　given。　Two　more　of　hers　follow；　and　four　of　the　King's　（ib。　317…322）。　Nearly　meaningless；　as　printed　there；　without　commentary　for　the　unprepared　reader。＇

Friedrich　had　last　left　Grussau　April　18th；　he　has　returned　to　it　August　8th：　after　sixteen　weeks　of　a　very　eventful　absence。　In　Grussau　he　stayed　two　whole　days；busy　enough　he；　probably；　though　his　people　were　resting！　August　10th　he　draws　up；　for　Prince　Henri；　〃under　seal　of　the　most　absolute　secrecy；〃　and　with　admirable　business…like　strictness；　brevity　and　clearness；　forgetting　nothing　useful；　remembering　nothing　useless；　a　Paper　of　Directions　in　case　of　a　certain　event：　〃I　march　to…morrow　against　the　Russians：　as　the　events　of　War　may　lead　to　all　sorts　of　accidents；　and　it　may　easily　happen　to　me　to　be　killed；　I　have　thought　it　my　duty　to　let　you　know　what　my　plans　were；〃　and　what　you　are　to　do　in　that　event；〃the　rather　as　you　are　Guardian　of　our　Nephew　＇late　Prince　of　Prussia's　Son＇　with　an　unlimited　authority。〃　Oath　from　all　the　armies　the　instant　I　am　killed：　rapid；　active；　as　ever；　the　enemy　not　to　notice　that　there　is　any　change　in　the　command。　I　intend　to　〃beat　the　Russians　utterly　＇A　PLATE　COUTURE；　splay…seam＇；　if　it　be　possible；〃　then　to　&c。：　gives　you　his　〃itinerary；〃　too；　or　probable　address；　till　〃the　25th〃　（notably　enough）；　in　short；　forgets　nothing　useful；　nor　remembers　anything　that　is　not；　in　spite　of　his　hurry。　＇〃DISPOSITION　TESTAMENTAIRE〃　（so　they　have　labelled　it）；　given　in　　OEuvres；　　iv。　（APPENDICE）　261；　262。　Friedrich's　TESTAMENT　proper　is　already　made；　and　all　in　order；　years　ago　（〃11th　January　1752〃）：　of　this　there　followed　Two　new　Redactions　（new　EDITIONS　with　slight　improvements；　〃7th　November；　1768；〃　and　〃8th　January；　1769〃　the　FINALLY　valid　one）；　and　various　Supplements；　or　summary　Enforcements　（as　here）；　at　different　times　of　crisis。　see　PREUSS；　iv。　277；　401；　and　　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　vi。　p。　13　（of　Preface）；　for　some　confused　account　of　that　matter。＇　For　Mlnlster　Finck　also　there　went　a　Paper；　seal　lzot　needing　to　be　opened　for　the　moment。

With　Margraf　Karl；　and　Fouquet　under　him；　who　are　to　guard　Silesia；　he　leaves　in　two　Divisions　about　Half　the　late　Olmutz　Army：added　to　the　other　force；　this　will　make　about　40；000　for　that　service。　＇Stenzel；　v。　163。＇　Keith　has　the　chief　command　here；　but　is　ordered　to　Breslau；　in　the　mean　time；　for　a　little　rest　and　recovery　of　health。　Friday；　11th　August；　Friedrich　himself；　with　the　other　Half；　pushes　off　towards　Fermor　and　the　Cossack　demons；　through　Liegnitz；　through　Hohenfriedberg　Country；　straight　for　Frankfurt；　with　his　best　speed。



Chapter　XIII。

BATTLE　OF　ZORNDORF。

Sunday；　20th　August；　Friedrich；　with　his　small　Army；　hardly　above　15；000　I　should　guess；　arrived　at　Frankfurt…on…Oder：　〃his　Majesty；〃　it　seems；　〃lodged　in　the　Lebus　Suburb；　in　the　house　of　a　Clergyman's　Widow；　and　was　observed　to　go　often　out　of　doors；　and　listen　to　the　cannonading；　which　was　going　on　at　Custrin。〃　＇Rodenbeck；　i。　347。＇　From　Landshut　hither；　he　has　come　in　nine　days；　the　swiftest　marching；　a　fiery　spur　of　indignation　being　upon　all　his　men　and　him；　for　the　last　two　days　fierier　than　ever；　longing　all　to　have　a　blow　at　those　incendiary　Russian　gentlemen。　Five　days　ago；　the　Russians；　attempting　blindly　on　the　Garrison　of　Custrin；　had　burnt；nothing　of　the　Garrison　at　all；but　the　poor　little　Town　altogether。　Which　has　filled　everybody　with　lamentation　and　horror。　And；　listen　yonder；　they　are　still　busy　on　the　solitary　Garrison　of　Custrin；audible　enough　to　Friedrich　from　his　northern　or　Lebus　Suburb；　which　lies　nearest　the　place；　at　a　distance　of　some　twenty　miles。

Of　Fermor's　red…hot　savagery　on　Custrin；　it　is　lamentably　necessary　we　should　say　something：　to　say　much　would　he　a　waste　of　record；　as　the　thing　itself　was　a　waste　of　powder。　A　thing　hideous　to　think　of；　without　the　least　profit　to　Fermor；　but　with　total　ruin　to　all　the　inhabitants；　and　to　the　many　strangers　who　had　sought　refuge　there。　One　interior　circumstance　is　memorable　and　lucky　to　us。　Artillery…Captain　Tielcke　happened　to　be　with　these　people；　had　come　in　the　train　of　〃two　Saxon　Princes；　serving　as　volunteers；〃　and；　with　a　singular　lucidity；　and　faithful　good　sense；　not　scientific　alone；　he　illuminates　these　biack　Russian　matters　for　such　as　have　to　do　with　them。

Tielcke's　Book　of　　Contributions　to　the　Art　of　War　　＇　Beytrage　zur　Kriege…Kunst　und　（ZUR）　Geschichte　des　Krieges　von　1756　bis　1763　　（six　thin　vols。　4to；　with　many　Plates）；　cited　above。＇　is　still　in　repute　with　Soldiers；　especially　in　the　Artillery　line；　and　indeed　shows　a　sound　geometrical　head；　and　contains　bits　of　excellent　Historical　reading　interspersed　among　the　scientific　parts。　This　Tielcke；　it　appears；　was　a　common　foot…soldier；　one　of　those　Pirna　14；000　made　Prussian　against　their　will；　but　Tielcke　had　a　milkmaid　for　sweetheart　in　those　regions；　who；　good　soul；　gave　him　her　generous　farewell；　a　suit　of　her　clothes；　perhaps　a　pair　of　her　pails；　and　in　that　guise　he　walked　out　of　bondage。　Clear　away；　to　Warsaw；　to　favor　with　the　King　and　others　（being　of　real　merit；　an　excellent；　studious；　modest　little　man）；　and　here　he　now　reappears；　in　a　higher　capacity；　as　articulate　Eye…witness　of　the　Custrin　Business　and　the　Zorndorf；　among　much　other　Russian　darkness；　which　shall　remain　comfortably　blank　to　us。

Up　to　Custrin；　the　Journal　of　the　Operations　of　the　Russian　Army；　which　I　could　give　from　day　to　day；　＇〃TAGEBUCH　BEYDER　&c。　（Diary　of　both　Armies　from　the　beginning　of　the　Campaign　till　Zorndorf〃）；　in　Tielcke；　ii。　1…75；　Tempelhof；　ii。　136；　216…224；　　Helden…　Geschichte；　　v。；　&c。　&c。＇　is　of　no　interest　except　to　the　Nether　Powers　of　this　Universe；　the　Russian　Operations　hitherto　having　consisted　in　slow　marches；　sluttish　cookeries；　cantonings；　bivouackings；　with　destruction　of　a　poor　innocent　Country；　and　arson；　theft　and　murder　done　on　the　great　scale　by　inhuman　vagabonds；　Cossacks　so　called；　not　tempered　on　this　occasion　by　the　mercy　of　Calmucks。　The　regular　Russian　Army；　it　appears；　participates　in　the　common　horror　of　mankind　against　such　a　method　of　making　war；　but　neither　Feldmarschall　Fermor；　nor　General　Demikof　（properly　THEMICOUD；　a　Swiss；　deserving　little　thanks　from　us；　who　has　taken　in　hand　to　command　these　Missionaries　of　the　Pit）；　can　help　the　results　above　described。　Which　are　justly　characterized　as　abominable；　to　gods　and　men；　and　not　fit　to　be　recorded　in　human　Annals；　execration；　and；　if　it　were　possible；　oblivion；　being　the　human　resource　with　them。；　The　Russian　Officers；　it　seems；　despise　tbis　Cossack　rabble　incredibly；　for　their　fighting　qualities　withal　are　close　on　zero；　though　their　talent　for　arson　and　murder　is　so