history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第79节

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s　set　up。　A　very　interesting　Collection　of　LETTERS　those　of　his；edited　with　the　usual　darkness；　or　rather　more。＇　Friedrich's　sorrow　over　him　（'tears；'　high　eulogies；　'LOUA　EXTREMEMENT'）　is　itself　a　monument。　Twenty　years　after；　Keith　had　from　his　Master　a　Statue；　in　Berlin。　One　of　Four；　to　the　Four　most　deserving：　Schwerin　（1771）；　Winterfeld　（1777）；　Seidlitz　（1779；　Keith　（when？）；　＇Nicolai　　（Beschreibung　der　Residenzstadte；　　i。　193；　194）　gives　these　dates　for　the　Three；　and　for　Keith's　no　date。＇which　still　stand　in　the　Wilhelm　Platz　there。

〃Hochkirch　Church　has　beeu　rebuilt　in　late　years：　a　spapious　airy　Church；　with　galleries；　and　requisites；　especially　with　free　air；　light　and　cleanliness。　Capable　perhaps　of　1；500　sitters：　half　of　them　Wends。　'Above　700　skeletons；　in　one　heap；　were　dug　out；　in　cutting　the　new　foundations。　The　strong　outer　Door　of　the　old　Church；　red　oak；　I　should　think；　is　still　retained　in　that　capacity；　still　shows　perhaps　half　a　dozen　rough　big　quasi…　KEYHOLES；　torn　through　it　in　different　parts；　and　daylight　shining　in；　where　the　old　bullets　passed。　The　Keith　Monument；　perhaps　four　feet　high；　is　on　the　flagged　floor；　left　side　of　the　pulpit；　close　by　the　wall；'the　bench　where　Keith's　body　lay　has　had　to　be　cased　in　new　plank　＇zinc　would　be　better＇　against　the　knives　of　tourists。'〃

Old　Lord　MarischalGeorge；　〃MARECHAL　D'ECOSSE〃　as　he　always　signs　himselfwas　by　this　time　seventy…two；　King's　Governor　of　Neufchatel；　for　a　good　while　past　and　to　come　（1754…1763）。　In　〃James；〃　the　junior；　but　much　the　stronger　and　more　solid；　he　has　lost；　as　it　were；　a　FATHER　and　younger　brother　at　once；　father；　uuder　beautiful　conditions；　and　the　tears　of　the　old　man　are　natural　and　affecting。　Ten　years　older　than　his　Brother；　and　survived　him　still　twenty　years。　An　excellent　cheery　old　soul；　he　too；　honest　as　the　sunlight；　with　a　fine　small　vein　of　gayety；　and　〃pleasant　wit；〃　in　him：　what　a　treasure　to　Friedrich　at　Potsdam；　in　the　coming　years；　and　how　much　loved　by　him　（almost　as　one　BOY　loves　another）；　all　readers　would　be　surprised　to　discover。　Some　hints　of　him　will　perhaps　be　allowed　us　farther　on。


SEQUEL　OF　HOCHKIRCH；　THE　CAMPAIGN　ENDS　IN　A　WAY　SURPRISING　TO　AN　ATTENTIVE　PUBLIC　（22d　October…20th　November；　1758）。

There　followed　upon　Hochkirch　five　weeks　of　rapid　events；　such　as　nobody　had　been　calculating　on。　To　the　reader；　so　weary　of　marchings；　manoeuvrings；　surprisals；　campings　and　details　of　war；　not　many　words；　we　hope；　may　render　these　results　conceivable。

Friedrich　stayed　ten　days；　refitting　himself；　in　that　Camp　of　Klein…Bautzen；　on　one　of　the　branches　of　the　Spree。　Daun；　who　had　retired　to　his　old　strong　place；　on　the　14th；　scarcely　occupying　Hochkirch　Field　at　all；　came　out　in　about　a　week；　and　took　a　strong　post　near　Friedrich；　not　attempting　anything　upon　him；　but　watching　him；　now　better　within　sight。　Friedrich's　fixed　intention　is；　to　march　to　Neisse　all　the　same；　what　probably　Daun；　under　the　shadow　of　his　laurels　and　his　new　Papal　Hat；　may　not　have　considered　possible；　with　the　road　to　Neisse　blocked　by　80；000　men。　Friedrich　has　refitted　himself　with　the　requisite　new　cannon　and　furnitures；　from　Dresden；　especially　with　Prince　Henri　and　6；000　foot　and　horse；led　by　Prince　Henri　in　person；　so　Prince　Henri　would　have　it；　the　capricious　little　man；　and　that　Finck　should　be　left　in　Saxony　instead　of　him。　All　which　weakens　Saxony　not　a　little。　But　Friedrich　hopes　the　Reichs　Army　is　a　feeble　article；　ill　off　for　provision　in　those　parts；　and　not　likely　to　attempt　very　much　on　the　sudden。　Accordingly：


FRIEDRICH　MARCHES；　ENIGMATICALLY；　NOT　ON　GLOGAU；　BUT　ON　REICHENBACH　AND　GORLITZ；　TO　DAUN'S　ASTONISHMENT。

SUNDAY　EVENING；　OCTOBER　22d；　Convoy　of　many　wagons　quit　Bautzen　（Bautzen　Proper；　not　the　Village；　but　the　Town）；　laden　with　all　the　wounded　of　Hochkirch；　above　3；000　by　count；　to　carry　them　to　Dresden　for　deliberate　surgery。　Keith's　Tebay；　I　perceive；　is　in　this　Convoy；　not　ill　hurt；　but　willing　to　lie　in　Hospital　a　little；　and　consider。　These　poor　fellows　cannot　get　to　Dresden：　on　the　second　day；　a　Daun　Detachment；　hussaring　about　in　those　parts；　is　announced　ahead；　and　（by　new　order　from　head…quarters）　the　Convoy　turns　northwards　for　Hoyerswerda；（to　Tebay's　disgust　with　the　Commandant；　〃shied　off；〃　says　Tebay；　〃for　twelve　hussars！〃　＇Second　LETTER　from　Tebay；　in　Mitchell；　ubi　supra。＇）and；　I　think；　in　the　end；　went　on　to　Glogau　instead　of　Dresden。　Which　was　very　fortunate　for　Tebay　and　the　others。　The　poor　wounded　being　thus　disposed　of；　Friedrich　next　night；　at　10　o'clock；　Monday；　23d；　in　the　softest　manner；　pushes　off　his　Bakery　and　Army　Stores　a　little　way；　northward　down　the　Spree　Valley；　on　the　western　fork　of　the　Spree　（fork　farthest　from　Daun）；　follows；　himself；　with　the　rest　of　the　Army；　next　evening；　down　the　eastern　fork；　also　northward。　〃Going　for　Glogau；〃　thinks　Daun；　when　the　hussars　report　about　it　（late　on　Tuesday　night）：　〃Let　him　go；　if　he　fancy　that　a　road　TO　Neisse！　But；　indeed；　what　other　shift　has　he；〃　considers　Daun；　〃but　to　try　rallying　at　Glogau　yonder；　safe　under　the　guns？〃and　is　not　in　the　slightest　haste　about　this　new　matter。　＇Tempelhof；　ii。　341…347。＇

United　with　his　baggage…column；　Friedrich　proceeds　northeastward；　crosses　Spree　still　northward　or　northeastward；　encamps　there；　in　the　dark　hours　of　Tuesday；　no　Daun　heeding　him。　Before　daylight；　however；　Friedrich　is　again　on　foot；　in　several　columns　now；　for　the　bad　country…roads　ahead；and　has　struck　straight　SOUTHeastward；　if　Daun　were　noting　him。　And；　in　the　afternoon　of　Wednesday；　Daun　is　astonished　to　learn　that　this　wily　Enemy　is　arrived　in　Reichenbach　vicinity；　sweeping　in　our　poor　posts　thereabouts；　immovably　astride　of　the　Silesian　Highway；　after　all！　An　astonished　Daun　hastens　out；　what　he　can；　to　take　survey　of　the　sudden　Phenomenon。　Tries　it；　next　day　and　next；　with　his　best　Loudons　and　appliances；　finds　that　this　Phenomenon　can　actually　march　to　Neisse　ahead　of　him；　indifferent　to　Pandours；　or　giving　them　as　good　as　they　bring；and　that　nothing　but　a　battle　and　beating　（could　we　rashly　dream　of　such　a　thing；　which　we　cannot）　will　prevent　it。　〃Very　well；　then！〃　Daun　strives　to　say。　And　lets　the　Phenomenon　march　（FROM　Gorlitz；　OCTOBER　30th）；　Loudon　harassing　the　rear　of　it；　for　some　days；　not　without　counter　harassment；　much　waste　of　cannonading；　and　ruin　to　several　poor　Lausitz　Villages　by　fire；〃Prussians　scandalously　burn　them；　when　we　attack！〃　says　Loudon。　Till；　at　last；　finding　this　march　impregnably　arranged；　〃split　into　two　routes；〃　and　ready　for　all　chances；　Loudon　also　withdraws　to　more　promising　business。　Poor　General　Retzow　Senior　was　of　this　march；　absolutely　could　not　be　excused；　though　fallen　ill　of　dysentery；　like　to　die；and　did　die；　the　day　after　he　got　to　Schweidnitz；　when　the　difficulties　and　excitement　were　over。　＇Retzow；　i。　372。＇

Of　Friedrich's　march；　onward　from　Gorlitz；　we　shall　say　nothing　farther；　except　that　the　very　wind　of　it　was　salvatory　to　his　Silesian　Fortresses　and　interests。　That　at　Neisse；　on　and　after　November　1st；which　is　the　third　or　second　day　of　Friedrich's　march；General　Treskow；　Commandant　of　Neisse；　found　the　bombardment　slacken　more　and　more　（〃King　of　Prussia　coming；〃　said　the　Austrian　deserters　to　us）；　and　that；　on　November　6th；　Treskow；　looking　out　from　Neisse；　found　the　Austrian　trenches　empty；　Generals　Harsch　and　Deville　hurrying　over　the　Hills　homewards；　pickings　to　be　had　of　them　by　Treskow；and　Neisse　Siege　a　thing　finished。　＇TAGEBUCH；　&c。　（〃Diary　of　the　Siege　of　Neisse；〃　4th　August；　26th　October；　6th　November；　1758；　〃1　A。M。　suddenly〃）；　in　Seyfarth；　　Beylagen；　　ii。　468…472：　of　Treskow's　own　writing；　brief　and　clear。　　Helden…Geschichte；　　v。　268…270。＇　It　had　lasted；　in　the　way　of　blockade　and　half…blockade；　for　about　three　months；　Deville；　for　near　one　month；　half…blockading；　then　Harsch　（since　September　30th）　wholly　blockading；　with　Deville　under　him；　and　an　army　of　20；000；　though　the　actual　cannonade；　very　fierce；　but　of　no　effect；　could　not　begin　till　little　more　than　a　week　ago；so　difficult　the　getting　up　of　siege…material　in　those　parts。　Kosel；　under　Commandant　Lattorf；　whose　praises；　like　Treskow's；　were　great；had　stood　four　months　of　Pandour　blockading　and　assaulting；　which　also　had　to　take　itself　away　on　advent　of　Friedrich。　Of　Friedrich；　on　his　return…journey；　we　shall　hear　again　before　long；　but　in　the　mean　while　must　industriously　follow　Daun。


FELDMARSCHALL　DAUN　AND　THE　REICHS　ARMY　TRY　SOME　SIEGE　OF　DRESDEN　（9th…16th　November）。

OCTOBER　30th；　Daun；　seeing　Neisse　Siege　as　good　as　gone　to　water；　decided　with　himself　that　he　could　still　do　a　far　more　important　stroke：　capture　Dresden；　get　hold　of　Saxony　in　Friedrich's　absence。　Daun　turned　round　from　Reichenbach；　accordingly；　and；　at　his　slow…　footed　pace；　addressed　himself　to　that　new　errand。　Had　he　made　better　despatch；　or　even　been　in　better　luck；　it　is　very　possible　he　might　have　done　something　there。　In　Dresden；　and　in　Governor　Schmettau　with　his　small　garrison；　there　is　no　strength　for　a　siege；　in　Saxony　is　nothing　but　some　poor　remnant　under　Finck；　much　of　it　Free…corps　and　light　people：　capable　of　being　swallowed　by　the　Reichs　Army　itse