history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第6节

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val；　if　one　could）；　he　watches　the　signs　of　the　times；　of　the　hours　and　the　days　and　the　places；　and　prophesies　from　them；　reads　men　and　their　procedures；　as　if　they　were　mere　handwriting；　not　too　cramp　for　him。The　Austrians　have；　by　this　time；　got　their　Konigseck　home；　very　unvictorious；　but　still　on　foot；　all　but　a　thousand　or　two：　they　are　already　stronger　than　the　Prussians　by　count　of　heads；　and　till　even　Daun　come　up；　what　hurry　in　a　Post　like　this？　The　Austrians　are　viewing　Friedrich；　too；　this　morning；　but　in　the　blankest　manner：　their　outposts　fire　a　cannon…shot　or　two　on　his　group　of　adjutants　and　him；　without　effect；　and　the　Head　people　send　their　cavalry　out　to　forage；　so　little　prophecy　have　they　from　signs　seen。

Zisca　Hill；　where　the　Austrians　now　are；　rises　sheer　up；　of　well…　nigh　precipitous　steepness；　though　there　are　trees　and　grass　on　it；　from　the　eastern　side　of　Prag；　say　five　or　six　hundred　feet。　A　steep；　picturesque；　massive　green　Hill；　Moldau　River；　turning　suddenly　to　right；　strikes　the　northwest　corner　of　it　（has　flowed　well　to　west　of　it；　till　then）；　and　winds　eastward　round　its　northern　base。　As　will　be　noticed　presently。　The　ascent　of　Ziscaberg；　by　roads；　is　steep　and　tedious：　but　once　at　the　top；　you　find　that　it　is　precipitous　on　two　sides　only；　the　City　or　westward　side；　and　the　Moldau　or　northward。　Atop　it　spreads　out；　far　and　wide；　into　a　waving　upland　level；　bare　of　hedges；　ploughable　all　of　it；　studded　with　littery　hamlets　and　farmsteadings；　far　and　wide；　a　kind　of　Plain；　sloping　with　extreme　gentleness；　five　or　six　miles　to　eastward；　and　as　far　to　southward；　before　the　level　perceptibly　rise　again。

Another　feature　of　the　Ziscaberg；　already　hinted　at；　is　very　notable：　that　of　the　Moldau　skirting　its　northern　base；　and　scarping　the　Hill；　on　that　side　too；　into　a　precipitous；　or　very　steep　condition。　Moldau　having　arrived　from　southward；　fairly　past　the　end　of　Ziscaberg；　had；　so　to　speak；　made　up　his　mind　to　go　right　eastward；　quarrying　his　way　through　the　lower　uplands　there；　And　he　proceeds　accordingly；　hugging　the　northern　base　of　Ziscaberg；　and　making　it　steep　enough；　but　finds；　in　the　course　of　a　mile　or　so；　that　he　can　no　more；　upland　being　still　rock…built；　not　underminable　farther；　and　so　is　obliged　to　wind　round　again；　to　northward；　and　finally　straight　westward；　the　way　he　came；　or　parallel　to　the　way　he　came；　and　has　effected　that　great　Horse…shoe　Hollow　we　heard　of　lately。　An　extremely　pretty　Hollow；　and　curious　to　look　upon；　pretty　villas；　gardens；　and　a　〃Belvedere　Park；〃　laid　out　in　the　bottom　part；　with　green　mountain…walls　rising　all　round　it；　and　a　silver　ring　of　river　at　the　base　of　them：　length　of　Horse…shoe；　from　heel　to　toe；　or　from　west　to　east；　is　perhaps　a　mile；　breadth；　from　heel　to　heel；　perhaps　half　as　much。　Having　arrived　at　his　old　distance　to　west；　Moldau；　like　a　repentant　prodigal；　and　as　if　ashamed　of　his　frolic；　just　over　against　the　old　point　he　swerved　from；　takes　straight　to　northward　again。　Straight　northward；　and　quarries　out　that　fine　narrow　valley；　or　Quasi…Highland　Strath；　with　its　pleasant　busy　villages；　where　he　turns　the　overshot　machinery；　and　where　Friedrich　and　his　men　had　their　pontoons　swimming　yesterday。

It　is　here；　on　this　broad　back　of　the　Ziscaberg；　that　the　Austrians　now　lie；　looking　northward　over　to　the　King；　and　trying　cannon…　shots　upon　him。　There　they　have　been　encamping；　and　diligently　intrenching　themselves　for　four　days　past；　diligent　especially　since　yesterday；　when　they　heard　of　Friedrich's　crossing　the　River。　Their　groups　of　tents；　and　batteries　at　all　the　good　points；　stretch　from　near　the　crown　of　Ziscaberg；　eastward　to　the　Villages　of　Hlaupetin；　Kyge；　and　their　Lakes；　near　four　miles；　and　rearward　into　the　interior　one　knows　not　how　far；Prince　Karl；　hardly　awake　yet；　lies　at　Nussel；　near　the　Moldau；　near　the　Wischerad　or　southeastmost　point　of　Prag；　six　good　miles　west…by…south　of　Kyge；　at　the　other　end　of　the　diagonal　line。　About　the　same　distance；　right　east　from　Nussel；　and　a　mile　or　more　to　south　of　Kyge；　over　yonder；　is　a　littery　Farmstead　named　Sterbohol；　which　is　not　yet　occupied　by　the　Austrians；　but　will　become　very　famous　in　their　War…Annals；　this　day！

Where　the　Austrian　Camp　or　various　Tent…groups　were；　at　the　time　Friedrich　first　cast　eye　on　them；　is　no　great　concern　of　his　or　ours；　inasmuch　as；　in　two　or　three　hours　hence；　the　Austrians　were　obliged；　rather　suddenly；　to　take　Order　of　Battle；　and　that；　and　not　their　camping；　is　the　thing　we　are　curious　upon。　Let　us　step　across；　and　take　some　survey　of　that　Austrian　ground；　which　Friedrich　is　now　surveying　from　the　distance；　fully　intending　that　it　shall　be　a　battle…ground　in　few　hours；　and　try　to　explain　how　the　Austrians　drew　up　on　it；　when　they　noticed　the　Prussian　symptoms　to　become　serious　more　and　more。　By　nine　in　the　morning；some　two　hours　after　Friedrich　began　his　scanning；　and　the　Austrian　outposts　their　firing　of　stray　cannon…shots　on　him；it　is　Battle…lines；　not　empty　Tents　（which　there　was　not　time　to　strike）；　that　salute　the　eye　over　yonder。

From　behind　that　verdant　Horse…shoe　Chasm　we　spoke　of；　buttressed　by　the　inaccessible　steeps；　and　the　Moldau；　double…folded　in　the　form　of　Horse…shoe；　all　along　the　brow　of　that　sloping　expanse；　stands　（by　9　A。M。　〃foragers　all　suddenly　called　in〃）　the　Austrian　front；　the　second　line　and　the　reserve；　parallel　to　it；　at　good　distances　behind。　Ranked　there；　say　65；000　regulars　（Prussian　force　little　short　of　the　same）；　on　the　brow　of　Ziscaberg　slope；　some　four　miles　long。　Their　right　wing　ends；　in　strong　batteries；　in　intricate　marshes；　knolls；　lakelets；　between　Hlaupetin　and　Kyge：　the　extreme　of　their　left　wing　looks　over　on　that　Horse…shoe　Hollow；　where　Moldau　tried　to　dig　his　way；　but　could　not　and　had　to　turn　back。　They　have　numerous　redoubts；　in　front　and　in　all　the　good　places；　and　are　busy　with　more；　some　of　them　just　now　getting　finished；　treble…quick；　while　the　Prussians　are　seen　under　way。　As　many　as　sixty　heavy　cannon　in　battery　up　and　down：　of　field…　pieces　they　have　a　hundred　and　fifty。　Excellent　always　with　their　Artillery；　these　Austrians；　plenty　of　it；　well…placed　and　well…　served：　thanks　to　Prince　Lichtenstein's　fine　labors　within　these　ten　years　past。　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　（in　several　places）；　see　Hormayr；　？　Lichtenstein。＇　The　villages；　the　farmsteads；　are　occupied；　every　rising　ground　especially　has　its　battery；Homoly　Berg；　Tabor　Berg；　〃Mount　of　Tabor；〃　say　KNOLL　of　Tabor　（nothing　like　so　high　as　Battersea　Rise；　hardly　even　as　Constitution　Hill）；　though　scriptural　Zisca　would　make　a　Mount　of　it；these；　and　other　BERGS　of　the　like　type。

That　is　the　Austrian　Battle　Order　（as　it　stood　about　9；　though　it　had　still　to　change　a　little；　as　we　shall　see）：　their　first　line；　straight　or　nearly　so；　looking　northward；　stands　on　the　brow　of　the　Zisca　Slope；　their　second　and　their　third；　singularly　like　it；　at　the　due　distances　behind；in　the　intervals；　their　tents；　which　stand　scattered；　in　groups　wide　apart；　in　the　ample　interior　to　southward。　The　cavalry　is　on　both　wings；　left　wing；　behind　that　Moldau　Chasm；　cannot　attack　nor　be　attacked；except　it　were　on　hippogriffs；　and　its　enemy　on　the　like；　capable　of　fighting　in　the　air；　overhead　of　these　Belvedere　Pleasure…grounds：　perhaps　Prince　Karl　will　remedy　this　oversight；　fruit　of　close　following　of　the　orthodox　practice？　Prince　Karl；　supreme　Chief；　commands　on　the　left　wing；　Browne　on　the　right；　where　he　can　attack　or　be　attacked；　NOT　on　hippogriffs。　As　we　shall　see；　and　others　will！　Light　horse；　in　any　quantity；　hang　scattered　on　all　outskirts。　With　foot；　with　cannon　batteries；　with　horse；　light　or　heavy；　they　cover　in　long　broad　flood　the　whole　of　that　Zisca　Slope；　to　near　where　it　ceases；　and　the　ground　to　eastward　begins　perceptibly　to　rise　again。

In　this　latter　quarter；　Zisca　Slope；　now　nearly　ended；　begins　to　get　very　swampy　in　parts；　on　the　eastern　border　of　the　Austrian　Camp；　at　Kyge；　Hostawitz；　and　beyond　it　southward；　about　Sterbohol　and　Michelup；　there　are　many　little　lakelets；　artificial　fish…　ponds；　several　of　them；　with　their　sluices；　dams　and　apparatus：　a　ragged　broadish　lacing　of　ponds　and　lakelets　（all　well　dried　in　our　day）　straggles　and　zigzags　along　there；　connected　by　the　miserablest　Brook　in　nature；　which　takes　to　oozing　and　serpentizing　forward　thereabouts；　and　does　finally　get　emptied；　now　in　a　rather　livelier　condition；　into　the　Moldau；　about　the　TOE…part　of　that　Horse…shoe　or　Belvedere　region。　It　runs　in　sight　of　the　King；　I　think；　where　he　now　is；　this　lower　livelier　part　of　it：　little　does　the　King　know　how　important　the　upper　oozing　portion　of　it　will　be　to　him　this　day。　Near　Michelup　are　lakelets　worth　noticing；　a　little　under　Sterbohol；　in　the　course　of　this　miserable　Brook；　is　a　string　of　fish…ponds；　with　their　sluices　open　at　this　time；　the　water　out；　and　the　mud　bottom　sown　with　herb…provender　for　the　intended　carps；　which　is　coming　on　beautifully；　green　as　leeks；　and　nearly　ready　for　the　fish　getting　to　it　again。

Friedrich　surveys　diligently　what　he　can　of　all　this；　from　the　northern　verge。　We　will　now　return　to　Friedrich；　and　will　stay　on　his　side　through　the　terrible　Action　that　is　coming。　Battle　o