history of friedrich ii of prussia v 19-第29部分

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　riddled　down；　there　are　withal　in　the　details　five　or　six　little　passages　which　have　some　shadow　of　interest　to　us；　these　let　us　note；　and　carefully　omit　the　rest：　

OF　FOUQUET　AT　LANDSHUT。　〃Fouquet　was　twice　attacked　at　Landshut；　but　made　a　lucky　figure　both　times。　Attack　first　was　by　Deville：　attack　second　by　Harsch。　Early　in　July；　not　long　after　Friedrich　had　left　for　Schmottseifen；　rash　Deville　（a　rash　creature；　and　then　again　a　laggard；　swift　where　he　should　be　slow；　and　VICE　VERSA）　again　made　trial　on　Landshut　and　Fouquet；　but　was　beautifully　dealt　with；　taken　in　rear；　in　flank；　or　I　forget　how　taken；　but　sent　galloping　through　the　Passes　again；　with　a　loss　of　many　Prisoners；　most　of　his　furnitures；　and　all　his　presence　of　mind：　whom　Daun　thereupon　summoned　out　of　those　parts；　'Hitherward　to　Mark…Lissa　with　your　Corps；　leave　Fouquet　alone！'　＇HOFBERICHT　VON　DEN　UNTERNEHMUNGEN　DES　FOUQUETSCHEN　CORPS；　IM　JULIUS　1759：　in　Seyfarth；　Beylagen；　ii。　582…586。＇

〃After　which；　Fouquet；　things　being　altogether　quiet　round　him；　was　summoned；　with　most　part　of　his　force；　to　Schmottseifen；　left　General　Goltz　（a　man　we　have　met　before）　to　guard　Landshut；　and　was　in　fair　hopes　of　proving　helpful　to　Prince　Henri；when　Harsch　＇Harsch　by　himself　this　time；　not　Harsch　and　Deville　as　usual＇　thought　here　was　his　opportunity；　and　came　with　a　great　apparatus；　as　if　to　swallow　Landshut　whole。　So　that　Fouquet　had　to　hurry　off　reinforcements　thither；　and　at　length　to　go　himself；　leaving　Stutterheim　in　his　stead　at　Schmottseifen。　Goltz；　however；　with　his　small　handful；　stood　well　to　his　work。　And　there　fell　out　sharp　fencings　at　Landshut：especially　one　violent　attack　on　our　outposts；　the　Austrians　quite　triumphant；　till　'a　couple　of　cannon　open　on　them　from　the　next　Hill；'till　some　violent　Werner　or　other　charge　in　upon　them　with　Prussian　Hussars；a　desperate　tussle；　that　special　one　of　Werner's；　not　only　sabres　flashing　furiously　on　both　sides；　but　butts　of　pistols　and　blows　on　the　face：　＇Tempelhof；　iii。　233：　31st　August。＇　till；　in　short；　Harsch　finds　he　can　make　nothing　of　it；　and　has　taken　himself　away；　before　Fouquet　come。〃　This　Goltz；　here　playing　Anti…Harsch；　is　the　Goltz　who；　with　Winterfeld；　Schmettau　and　others；　was　in　that　melancholy　Zittau　march；　of　the　Prince　of　Prussia's；　in　1757：　it　was　Goltz　by　whom　the　King　sent　his　finishing　compliment；　〃You　deserve；　all　of　you；　to　be　tried　by　Court…Martial；　and　to　lose　your　heads！〃　Goltz　is　mainly　concerned　with　Fouquet　and　Silesia；　in　late　times；　and　we　shall　hear　of　him　once　again。　Fouquet　did　not　return　to　Schmottseifen；　nor　was　molested　again　in　Landshut　this　year；　though　he　soon　had　to　detach；　for　the　King's　use；　part　of　his　Landshut　force；　and　had　other　Silesian　business　which　fell　to　him。

FORTRESS　OF　PEITZ。　The　poor　Fortress　of　Peitz　was　taken　again；do　readers　remember　it；　〃on　the　day　of　Zorndorf；〃　last　year？　〃This　year；　a　fortnight　after　Kunersdorf；　the　same　old　Half…pay　Gentleman　with　his　Five…and…forty　Invalids　have　again　been　set　adrift；　'with　the　honors　of　war；'　poor　old　creatures；　lest　by　possibility　they　afflict　the　dear　Russians　and　our　meal…carts　up　yonder。　＇Tempelhof；　iii。　231：　27th　August。＇　I　will　forget　who　took　Peitz：　perhaps　Haddick；　of　whom　we　have　lately　heard　so　much？　He　was　captor　of　Berlin　in　1757；　did　the　Inroad　on　Berlin　that　year；and　produced　Rossbach　shortly　after。　Peitz；　if　he　did　Peitz；　was　Haddick's　last　success　in　the　world。　Haddick　has　been　most　industrious；　'guarding　the　Russian　flank；'standing　between　the　King　and　it；　during　that　Soltikof　march　to　Mullrose；　to　Lieberose；　but　that　once　done；　and　the　King　settled　at　Waldau；　Haddick　was　ordered　to　Saxony；　against　Wunsch　and　Finck：and　readers　know　already　what　he　made　of　these　Two　in　the　'Action　at　Korbitz；　September　21st；'and　shall　hear　soon　what　befell　Haddick　himself　in　consequence。〃

COLONEL　HORDT　IS　CAPTURED。　〃It　was　in　that　final　marching　of　Soltikof　to　Lieberose　that　a　distinguished　Ex…Swede；　Colonel　Hordt；　of　the　Free　Corps　HORDT；　was　taken　prisoner。　At　Trebatsch；　hanging　on　Soltikof's　right　flank　on　that　occasion。　It　was　not　Haddick；　it　was　a　swarm　of　Cossacks　who　laid　Hordt　fast；　his　horse　having　gone　to　the　girths　in　a　bog。　＇　Memoires　du　Comte　de　Hordt　　（a　Berlin；　1789）；　ii。　53…58　（not　dated　or　intelligible　there）：　in　Tempelhof　（iii。　235；　236）　clear　account；　〃Trebatsch；　September　4th。〃＇　Hordt；　an　Ex…Swede　of　distinction；a　Royalist　Exile；　on　whose　head　the　Swedes　have　set　a　price　（had　gone　into　'Brahe's　Plot；'　years　since；　Plot　on　behalf　of　the　poor　Swedish　King；　which　cost　Brahe　his　life）；Hordt　now　might　have　fared　ill；　had　not　Friedrich　been　emphatic；　'Touch　a　hair　of　him；　retaliation　follows　on　the　instant！'　He　was　carried　to　Petersburg；　'lay　twenty…six　months　and　three　days'　in　solitary　durance　there；　and　we　may　hear　a　word　from　him　again。〃

ZIETHEN　ALMOST　CAPTURED。　〃Prince　Henri；　in　the　last　days　of　August；　marched　to　Sagan　in　person；　＇Tempelhof；　iii。　231：　29th　August。＇　Ziethen　along　with　him；　multifariously　manoeuvring　'to　regain　communication　with　the　King。'　Of　course；　with　no　want　of　counter…　manoeuvring；　of　vigilant　outposts；　cunningly　devised　detachments　and　assiduous　small　measures　on　the　part　of　Daun。　Who；　one　day；　had　determined　on　a　more　considerable　thing；　that　of　cutting　out　Ziethen　from　the　Sagan　neighborhood。　And　would　have　done　it；　they　say；had　not　he　been　too　cunctatory。　September　2d；　Ziethen；　who　is　posted　in　the　little　town　of　Sorau；　had　very　nearly　been　cut　off。　In　Sorau；　westward；　Daun…ward；　of　Sagan　a　short　day？s　march：　there　sat　Ziethen；　conscious　of　nothing　particular；with　Daun　secretly　marching　on　him；　Daun　in　person；　from　the　west；　and　two　others　from　the　north　and　from　the　south；　who　are　to　be　simultaneous　on　Sorau　and　the　Zietheners。　A　well…laid　scheme；　likely　to　have　finished　Ziethen　satisfactorily；　who　sat　there　aware　of　nothing。　But　it　all　miswent：　Daun；　on　the　road；　noticed　some　trifling　phenomenon　（Prussian　party　of　horse；　or　the　like）；　which　convinced　his　cautious　mind　that　all　was　found　out；　that　probably　a　whole　Prussian　Army；　instead　of　a　Ziethen　only；　was　waiting　at　Sorau；　upon　which　Daun　turned　home　again；　sorry　that　he　could　not　turn　the　other　two　as　well。　The　other　two　were　stronger　than　Ziethen；　could　they　have　come　upon　him　by　surprise；　or　have　caught　him　before　he　got　through　a　certain　Pass；　or　bit　of　bad　ground；　with　his　baggage。　But　Ziethen；　by　some　accident；　or　by　his　own　patrols；　got　notice；　loaded　his　baggage　instantly；　and　was　through　the　Pass；　or　half　through　it；　and　in　a　condition　to　give　stroke　for　stroke　with　interest；　when　his　enemies　came　up。　Nothing　could　be　done　upon　Ziethen；　who　marched　on；　he　and　all　his　properties；　safe　to　Sagan　that　night；owing　to　Daun's　over…caution；　and　to　Ziethen's　own　activity　and　luck。〃　＇Tempelhof；　iii。　233。＇

All　this　was　prior　to　the　loss　of　Dresden。　During　the　crisis　of　that；　when　everybody　was　bestirring　himself；　Prince　Henri　made　extraordinary　exertions：　〃Much　depends　on　me；　all　on　me！〃　sighed　Henri。　A　cautious　little　man；　but　not　incapable　of　risking；　in　the　crisis　of　a　game　for　life　and　death。　Friedrich　and　he　are　wedged　asunder　by　that　dike　of　Russians　and　Austrians；　which　goes　from　Bober　river　eastward；　post　after　post；　to　Hoyerswerda　westward；　eighty　miles　along　the　Lausitz…Brandenburg　Frontier；　rooting　itself　through　the　Lausitz　into　Bohemia；　and　the　sources　of　its　meal。　Friedrich　and　he　cannot　communicate　except　by　spies　（〃the　first　JAGER；〃　or　regular　express　〃from　the　King；　arrived　September　13th〃　＇Ib。　iii。　207。＇）：　but　both　are　of　one　mind；　both　are　on　one　problem；　〃What　is　to　be　done　with　that　impassable　dike？〃and　co…operate　sympathetically　without　communicating。　What　follows　bears　date　AFTER　the　loss　of　Dresden；　but　while　Henri　still　knew　only　of　the　siege；that　JAGER　of　the　13th　first　brought　him　news　of　the　loss。

〃A　day　or　two　after　Ziethen's　adventure；　Henri　quits　Sagan；　to　move　southward　for　a　stroke　at　the　Bohemian…Lausitz　magazines；　a　stroke；　and　series　of　strokes。　SEPTEMBER　8th；　Ziethen　and　（in　Fouquet's　absence　at　Landshut）　Stutterheim　are　pushed　forward　into　the　Zittau　Country；　first　of　all　upon　Friedland；the　Zittau　Friedland；　for　there　are　Friedlands　many！　SEPTEMBER　9th；　Stutterheim　summons　Friedland；　gets　it；　gets　the　bit　of　magazine　there；　and　next　day　hastens　on　to　Zittau。　Is　refused　surrender　of　Zittau；　learns；　however；　that　the　magazine　has　been　mostly　set　on　wheels　again；　and　is　a　stage　forward　on　the　road　to　Bohemia；　whitherward　Stutterheim；　quitting　Zittau　as　too　tedious；　hastens　after　it；　and　next　day　catches　it；　or　the　unburnt　remains　of　it。　A　successful　Stutterheim。　Nor　is　Ziethen　idle　in　the　mean　while；　Ziethen　and　others；　whom　no　Deville　or　Austrian　Party　thinks　itself　strong　enough　to　meddle　with；　Prince　Henri　being　so　near。

〃Here　is　a　pretty　tempest　in　the　heart　of　our　Bohemian　meal…　conduit！　Continue　that；　and　what　becomes　of　Soltikof　and　me？　Daun　is　off　from　Triebel　Country　to　this　dangerous　scene；　indignantly　cashiers　Deville；　'Why　did　not　you　attack　these　Ziethen　people？　Had　not　you　10；000；　Sir？'　Cashiers　poor　Deville　for　not　attacking；　does　not　himself　attack：　but　carts　away　the　important　Gorlitz　magazine；　to　Bautzen；　which　is　the　still　more　important　one；　sits　down　on　the　lid　of　that　（according　to　wont）；　shoots　out　O'Donnell　（an　Irish　gentleman；　Deville's　successor）；　and　takes　every　precaution。　Prince　Henri；　in　presence　of　O'Donnell；　coalesces　again；　walks　into　Gorlitz；　encamps　there；　on　the　Landskron　and　other　Heights　（Moys　Hill　one　of　them；　poor　Winterfeld's　Hill！）；　and　watches　a　little　how　matters　will　turn；　and　whether　Daun；　severely　vigilant　from　Bautzen；　seated　on　the　lid　of　his　magazine；　will　not　perhaps　rise。〃

First　and　last；　Daun　in　this　business　has　tried　several　things；　but　there　was　pretty　much　always；　and　emphatically　there　now　is；　only　one　thing　that　could　be　effectual：　To　attack　Prince　Henri；　and　abolish　him　from　those　countries；as　surely　might　have　been　possible；　with　twice　his　strength　at　your　disposal？This；　though　sometimes　he　seemed　to　be　thinking　of　such　a　thing；　Daun　never　would　try：　for　which　the　subsequent　FACTS；　and　all　good　judges；　were　and　are　inexorably　severe　on　Daun。　Certain　it　is；　no　rashness　could　have　better　spilt　Daun's