history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第78节

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hremberg）。　Followed；　before　long；　by　Retzow　himself；　serenely　crossing　Lobau　Water；　and；　with　great　celerity；　and　the　best　of　skill；　likewise　posting　himself；hopelessly　to　D'Ahremberg；　who　tries　nothing　farther。　The　sun　is　now　shining；　it　is　now　ten　of　the　day。　Had　Retzow　come　an　hour　sooner；　efore　we　lost　that　big　Battery　and　other　things！　But　he　could　come　no　sooner；　be　thankful　he　is　here　at　last；　in　such　an　overawing　manner。

Friedrich；　judging　that　nothing　now　can　be　made　of　the　affair；　orders　retreat。　Retreat；　which　had　been　getting　schemed；　I　suppose；　and　planned　in　the　gloom　of　the　royal　mind；　ever　since　loss　of　that　big　Battery　at　Rodewitz。　Little　to　occupy　him；　in　this　interim；　except　indignant　waiting；　rigorously　steady；　and　some　languid　interchange　of　cannon…shot　between　the　parties。　Retreat　is　to　Klein…Bautzen　neighborhood　（new　head…quarter　Doberschutz；　outposts　Kreckwitz　and　Purschwitz）；　four　miles　or　so　to　northwest。　Rather　a　shifting　of　your　ground；　which　astonishes　the　military　reader　ever　since；　than　a　retreating　such　as　the　common　run　of　us　expected。　Done　in　the　usual　masterly　manner；　part　after　part　mending　off；　Retzow　standing　minatory　here；　Mollendorf　minatory　there；　in　the　softest　quasi…rhythmic　sequence；　Cavalry　all　drawn　out　between　Belgern　and　Kreckwitz；　baggage…wagons　filing　through　the　Pass　of　Drehsa；not　an　Austrian　meddling　with　it；　less　or　more；　Daun　and　his　Austrians　standing　in　their　ring　of　five　miles；　gazing　into　it　like　stone　statues；　their　regiments　being　still　in　a　confused　state；and　their　Daun　an　extremely　slow　gentleman。　＇Tempelhof；　ii。　319…336；　Seyfarth；　　Beylagen；　　i。　432…453；　　Helden…Geschichte；　　v。　241…257；　Archenholtz；　&c。　&c。＇

And　in　this　manner　Friedrich；　like　a　careless　swimmer　caught　in　the　Mahlstrom；　has　not　got　swallowed　in　it；　but　has　made　such　a　buffeting　of　it；　he　is　here　out　of　it　again；　without　bone　broken；　not；　we　hope；　without　instruction　from　the　adventure。　He　has　lost　101　pieces　of　cannon；　most　of　his　tents　and　camp…furniture；　and；　what　is　more　irreparable；　above　8；000　of　his　brave　people；　5；381　of　them　and　119　Officers　（Keith　and　Moritz　for　two）　either　dead　or　captive。　In　men　the　Austrian　loss；　it　seems；　is　not　much　lower；　some　say　is　rather　a　shade　higher；　by　their　own　account；　325　Officers；　5；614　rank　and　file；　killed　and　wounded；not　reckoning　1；000　prisoners　they　lost　to　us；　and　〃at　least　2；000〃　who　took　that　chance　of　deserting　in　the　intricate　dark　woods。　＇Tempelhof；　ii。　336；　but　see　Kausler；　p。　576。＇

Friedrich；　all　say；　took　his　punishment　in　a　wonderfully　cheerful　manner。　De　Catt　the　Reader；　entering　to　him　that　evening　as　usual；　the　King　advanced；　in　a　tragic　declamatory　attitude；　and　gave　him；　with　proper　voice　and　gesture；　an　appropriate　passage　of　Racine：

　〃Enfin　apres　un　an；　tu　me　revois；　Arbate；　　　　　　　　　　　Non　plus　comme　autrefois　cet　heureux　Mithridate；　　　　　　　　　　　Qui；　de　Rome　toujours　balancant　le　destin；　　　　　　　　　　　Tenait　entre　elle　et　moi　l'univers　incertain。　　　　　　　　　　　Je　suis　vaincu；　Pompee　a　saisi　l'avantage　　　　　　　　　　　D'une　nuit　qui　laissait　peu　de　place　au　courage；　　　　　　　　　　　Mes　soldats　presque　nus；　dans〃　。。。　　

Not　a　little　to　De　Catt's　comfort。　＇Rodenbeck；　i。　354。＇　During　the　retreat　itself；　Retzow　Junior　had　come；　as　Papa's　Aide…de…Camp；　with　a　message　to　the　King；　found　him　on　the　heights　of　Klein　Bautzen；　watching　the　movements。　Message　done　with；　the　King　said；　in　a　smiling　tone；　〃Daun　has　played　me　a　slippery　trick　to…day！〃　〃I　have　seen　it；〃　answered　Retzow；　〃but　it　is　only　a　scratch；　which　your　Majesty　will　soon　manage　to　heal　again。〃〃GLAUBT　ER　DIES；　Do　you　think　so？〃　〃Not　only　I；　but　the　whole　Army　firmly　believe　it　of　your　Majesty。〃〃You　are　quite　right；〃　added　the　King；　in　a　confidentially　candid　way：　〃We　will　manage　Daun。　What　I　lament　is；　the　number　of　brave　men　that　have　died　this　morning。〃　＇Retzow；　i。　359　n。＇　On　the　morrow；　he　was　heard　to　say　publicly：　〃Daun　has　let　us　out　of　check…mate；　the　game　is　not　lost　yet。　We　will　rest　ourselves　here；　a　few　days；　then　go　for　Silesia；　and　deliver　Neisse。〃　The　Anecdote…Books　（perhaps　not　mythicalIy）　add　this：　〃Where　are　all　your　guns；　though？〃　said　the　King　to　an　Artilleryman；　standing　vacant　on　parade；　next　day。　〃IHRO　MAJESTAT；　the　Devil　stole　them　all；　last　night！〃〃Hm；　well；　we　must　have　them　back　from　him。〃　＇Archenholtz；　i。　299。＇

Nothing　immoderately　depressive　in　Hochkirch；　it　appears；though；　alas；　on　the　fourth　day　after；　there　came　a　message　from　Baireuth；　which　did　strike　one　down：　〃My　noble　Wilhelmina　dead；　died　in　the　very　hours　while　we　were　fighting　here！〃　＇On　a　common　Business…　Letter　to　Prince　Henri；　〃Doberschutz；　18th　October；　1758；〃　is　this　sudden　bit　of　Autograph：　〃GRAND　DIEU；　MA　SOEUR　DE　BAREITH！〃　（Schoning；　　Der　siebenjahrige　Krieg；　nach　der　Original…　Correspondens　&c。　aus　den　Staats…Archiven：　　Potsdam；　1851：　i。　287。）＇　Readers　must　conceive　it：　coming　unexpected　more　or　less；　black　as　sudden　universal　hurricane；　on　the　heart　of　the　man；　a　sorrow　sacred；　yet　immeasurable；　irremediable　to　him；　as　if　the　sky　too　were　falling　on　his　head；　in　aid　of　the　mean　earth　and　its　ravenings：of　all　this　there　can　nothing　be　said　at　present。　Friedrich's　one　relief　seems　to　have　been　the　necessity　laid　on　him　of　perpetual　battling　with　outward　business；we　may　fancy；　in　the　rapid　weeks　following；　how　much　was　lying　at　all　times　in　the　background　of　his　mind　suppressed　into　its　caves。

Daun；　it　appears；　was　considerably　elated；　spent　a　great　deal　of　his　time；　so　precious　just　at　present；　in　writing　despatches；　in　congratulating　and　being　congratulated；did　an　elaborate　TE…DEUM；　or　Ambrosian　Song；　in　Artillery　and　VOX　HUMANA；which　with　the　adjuncts；　say　splenetic　people；　as　at　Kolin；　sensibly　assisted　Friedrich's　affairs。　Daun　was　by　no　means　of　braggart　turn；　but　the　recognition　of　his　matchless　achievement　by　the　gazetteer　public；　whether　in　exultation　or　in　lamentation；　was　loud　and　universal；　and　the　joy；　in　Vienna　and　the　cognate　quarters；　knew　no　bounds　for　the　time　being。　Thus；　among　other　tokens；　the　Holiness　of　our　Lord　the　Pope；　blessing　Heaven　for　such　success　against　the　Heretic；　was　pleased　to　send　him　〃a　Consecrated　Hat　and　Sword；〃such　as　the　old　Popes　were　wont；　very　long　ago；　to　bestow　on　distinguished　Champions　against　the　Heathen；（much　jeered　at；　and　crowed　over；　by　a　profane　Friedrich　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xv。　122；　124；　126；　&c。　&c。：　in　PREUSS；　ii。　196；　compiete　List　of　these　poor　Pieces；　which　are　hearty；　not　hypocritical；　in　their　contemptuons　hilarity；　but　have　little　other　metit。＇）：　〃the　effect　of　which　miraculous　furnishings；〃　says　Tempelhof；　〃turned　out　to　be　that　the　Feldmarschall　never　gained　any　success　more；〃　in　fact；　except　that　small　thing　on　Finck　next　Year；　never　any；　as　it　chanced。　Daun　had　withdrawn　to　his　old　Camp；　on　the　day　of　Hochkirch；　leaving　only　a　detachment　on　the　field　there：　it　was　not　for　six　or　seven　days　more　that　he　stept　out　to　the　Kreckwitz　and　Purschwitz　neighborhood；　more　within　sight　of　his　vanquished　enemy；but　nothing　like　vigilant　enough　of　what　might　still　be　in　him；　after　such　vanquishing！We　must　spare　this　Note；　for　the　sake　of　a　heroic　kind　of　man；　who　had　not　too　much　of　reward　in　the　world：

〃Tebay　could　not　recover　Keith's　body：　Croats　had　the　plundering　of　Keith；　other　Austrians；　not　of　Croat　kind；　carried　the　dead　General　into　Hochkirch　Church：　Lacy's　emotion　on　recognizing　him　there；　like　a　tragic　gleam　of　his　own　youth　suddenly　brought　back　to　him；　as　in　starlight；　piercing　and　sad；　from　twenty　years　distance；is　well　known　in　Books。　On　the　morrow；　Sunday；　October　15th；　Keith　had　honorable　soldier's…burial　there；'twelve　cannon'　salvoing　thrice；　and　'the　whole　Corps　of　Colloredo'　with　their　muskets　thrice；　Lacy　as　chief　mourner；　not　without　tears。　Four　months　after；　by　royal　order；　Keith's　body　was　conveyed　to　Berlin；　reinterred　in　Berlin；　in　a　still　more　solemn　public　manner；　with　all　the　honors；　all　the　regrets；　and　Keith　sleeps　now　in　the　Garnison…Kirche：far　from　bonnie　Inverugie；　the　hoarse　sea…winds　and　caverns　of　Dunottar　singing　vague　requiem　to　his　honorable　line　and　him；　in　the　imaginations　of　some　few。　'My　Brother　leaves　me　a　noble　legacy；'　said　the　old　Lord　Marischal：　'last　year　he　had　Bohemia　under　ransom；　and　his　personal　estate　is　70　ducats；　（about　25　pounds）。　＇Varnhagen；　p。　261。＇

〃In　Hochkirch　Church　there　is　still；　not　in　the　Churchyard　as　formerly；　a　fine；　modestly　impressive　Monument　to　Keith；　modest　Urn　of　black　marble　on　a　Pedestal　of　gray；and；　in　gold　letters；　an　Inscription　not　easily　surpassable　in　the　lapidary　way：　。。。　'DUM　IN　PRAELIO　NON　PROCUL　HINC　INCLINATAM　SUORUM　ACIEM　MENTE　MANU　V0CE　ET　EXEMPLO　RESTITUERAT　PUGNANS　UT　HEROAS　DECET　OCCUBUIT。　D。　XIV。　OCTOBRIS'　These　words　go　through　you　like　the　clang　of　steel。　＇In　RODENBECK；　i。　149。　Given　also　（very　nearly　correct）　in　CORRESPONDEENCE　OF　SIR　ROBERT　MURRAY　KEITH　（London；　1849）；　i。　151。　This　is　the　junior　of　the　two　Diplomatic　Roberts；　genealogical　cousins　of　Keith；　by　this　one　（in　1771；　not　1776　as　German　Guide…　books　have　it）　the　Hochkirch　Monument　was　set　up。　A　very　interesting　Collection　of　LETTERS　those　of　his；edited　with　the　usual　darkness；　or　r