history of friedrich ii of prussia v 19-第5部分

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time；　on　their　return　from　Homburg　to　that　City；　leave　Bergen　a　little　on　their　left。　The　ground　is　mere　hills；　woody　dales；　marshy　brooks；　Broglio's　position；　with　its　Village；　and　Hill；　and　ravines　and　advantages；　is　the　choicest　of　the　region；　and　Broglio's　methods；　procedures　and　arrangements　in　it　are　applauded　by　all　judges。

〃FRIDAY；　13th　APRIL；　1759；　Ferdinand　is　astir　by　daybreak；　comes　on；　along　one　of　those　woody　balleys；　pickeering；　reconnoitring；　in　the　end；　directly　up　the　Hill　of　Bergen；　straight　upon　the　key…point。　It　is　about　10　A。M。；　when　the　batteries　and　musketries　awaken　there；　very　loud　indeed；　for　perhaps　two　hours　or　more。　Prince　von　Ysenburg　is　leader　of　Ferdinand's　attacking　party。　Their　attack　is　hot　and　fierce；　and　they　stick　to　it　steadily；　though　garden…hedges；　orchards　and　impediments　are　many；　and　Broglio；　with；　much　cannon　helping；　makes　vigorous　defence。　These　Ysenburgers　fought　till　their　cartridges　were　nearly　spent；　and　Ysenburg　himself　lay　killed；　but　could　not　take　Bergen。　Nor　could　the　Hereditary　Prince；　who；　in　aid　of　them；　tried　it　in　flank；　with　his　own　usual　impetuosity　rekindling　theirs；　and　at　first　with　some　success；　but　was　himself　taken　in　flank　by　Broglio's　Reserve；　and　obliged　to　desist。　No　getting　of　Bergen　by　that　method。

〃Military　critics　say　coolly；　'You　should　have　smashed　it　well　with　cannon；　first　＇which　Ferdinand　had　not　in　stock　here＇；　and　especially　have　flung　grenadoes　into　it；　till　it　was　well　in　flame：　impossible　otherwise！'　＇Mauvillon；　ii。　19。＇　The　Ysenburgers　and　Hereditary　Prince　withdraw。　No　pursuit　of　them；　or　almost　less　than　none；　for　the　one　or　two　French　regiments　that　tried　it　（against　order）；　nearly　got　cut　up。　Broglio；　like　a　very　Daun　at　Kolin；　had　strictly　forbidden　all　such　attempts：　'On　no　temptation　quit　your　ground！'

〃The　Battle；　after　this；　lay　quiet　all　afternoon；　Ferdinand　still　in　sight；　motioning　much；　to　tempt　French　valor　into　chasing　of　him。　But　all　in　vain：　Broglio；　though　his　subalterns　kept　urging；　remonstrating；　was　peremptory　not　to　stir。　Whereupon；　towards　evening；　across　certain　woody　Heights；　perhaps　still　with　some　hope　of　drawing　him　out；　Ferdinand　made　some　languid　attempt　on　Broglio's　wing；　or　wings；and　this　also　failing；　had　to　give　up　the　affair。　He　continued　cannonading　till　deep　in　the　night；　withdrew　to　Windecken：　and　about　two　next　morning；　marched　for　home；still　with　little　or　no　pursuit：　but　without　hope　of　Frankfurt　henceforth。　And；　in　fact；　has　a　painful　Summer　ahead。

〃Ferdinand　had　lost　5　cannon；　and　of　killed　and　wounded　2；500；　the　French　counted　their　loss　at　about　1；900。　＇Mauvillon；　ii。　10…19；　Tempelhof；　iii。　26…31。＇　The　joy　of　France　over　this　immense　victory　was　extraordinary。　Broglio　was　made　Prince　of　the　Reich；　Marechal　de　France；　would　have　been　raised　to　the　stars；　had　one　been　able；for　the　time　being。　'And　your　immense　victory；'　so　sneered　the　by…standers；　'consists　in　not　being　beaten；　under　those　excellent　conditions；perhaps　victory　is　a　rarity　just　now！'〃

This　is　the　Battle　which　our　Boy…Friend　Johann　Wolfgang　watched　with　such　interest；　from　his　garret…window；　hour　after　hour；　all　Frankfurt　simmering　round　him；　in　such　a　whirlpool　of　self…　contradictory　emotions；　till　towards　evening；　when；　in　long　rows　of　carts；　poor　wounded　Hessians　and　Hanoverians　came　jolting　in；　and　melted　every　heart　into　pity。　into　wailing　sorrow；　and　eagerness　to　help。　A　little　later；　Papa　Goethe；　stepping　downstairs；　came　across　the　Official　French　Gentleman；　who　said　radiantly：　〃Doubtless　you　congratulate　yourself　and　us　on　this　victory　to　his　Majesty's　arms。〃　〃Not　a　whit　（KEINESWEGS）；〃　answers　Papa　Goethe；　a　stiff　kind　of　man；　nowise　in　the　mood　of　congratulating：　〃on　the　contrary；　I　wish　they　had　chased　you　to　the　Devil；　though　I　had　had　to　go　too！〃　Which　was　a　great　relief　to　his　feelings；　though　a　dangerous　one　in　the　circumstances。　＇Goethe's　WERKE　（Stuttgart　und　Tubingen；　1829）；　xxiv。　（DICHTUNG　UND　WAHRHEIT；　i。）；　153…157。＇

BREAKAGE　THIRD：　OVER　THE　METAL　MOUNTAINS　INTO　BOHMEN　（APRIL　14th…20th）。　〃Ferdinand's　Battle　was　hardly　ending；　when　Prince　Henri　poured　across　the　Mountains；in　two　columns；　Hulsen　leading　the　inferior　or　rightmost　one；into　Leitmeritz…Eger　Country；　and　made　a　most　successful　business　of　the　Austrian　Magazines　he　found　there。　Magazines　all　filled；　Enemy　all　galloping　for　Prag：　Daun　himself；　who　is　sitting　vigilant；　far　in　the　interior；　at　Jaromirtz　this　month　past；　was　thrown　into　huge　flurry；　for　some　days！　Speedy　Henri　（almost　on　the　one　condition　of　BEING　speedy）　had　his　own　will　of　the　Magazines：　burnt；　Hulsen　and　he；　'about　600；000　pounds　worth'　of　Austrian　provender　in　those　parts；　'what　would　have　kept　50；000　men　five　months　in　bread'　（not　to　mention　hay　at　all）；　gave　the　Enemy　sore　slaps　（caught　about　3；000　of　him；　NOT　yet　got　on　gallop　for　Prag）；　burnt　his　200　boats　on　the　Elbe：　forced　him　to　begin　anew　at　the　beginning；　and　did；　in　effect；　considerably　lame　and　retard　certain　of　his　operations　through　the　Summer。　Speedy　Henri　marched　for　home　April　20th；　and　was　all　across　the　Mountains　April　23d：　a　profitable　swift　nine　days。〃　＇Tempelhof　iii。　47…53；　　Helden…Geschichte；　　v。　963…966。＇And　on　the　sixth　day　hence　he　will　have　something　similar；　and　still　more　important；　on　foot。　A　swift　man；　when　he　must！

BREAKAGE　FOURTH：　INTO　MAHREN　（APRIL　16th…21st）。　〃This　is　Fouquet's　attempt；　alluded　to　above；　of　whichas　every　reader　must　be　satisfied　with　Small…Warwe　will　give　only　the　dates。　Fouquet；　ranking　at　Leobschutz；　in　Neisse　Country；　did　break　through　into　Mahren；　pushing　the　Austrians　before　him；　but　found　the　Magazines　either　emptied；　or　too　inaccessible　for　any　worth　they　had；could　do　nothing　on　the　Magazines；　and　returned　without　result；　home　at　Leobschutz　again　on　the　fifth　day。〃　＇　Helden…Geschichte；　　v。　958…963；　Tcmpelhof；　iii。　44…47。＇　This；　however；　had　a　sequel　for　Fouquet；　which；　as　it　brought　the　King　himself　into　those　neighborhoods；　we　shall　have　to　mention；　farther　on。

BREAKAGE　FIFTH：　INTO　FRANKEN　（MAY　5th…JUNE　1st）。　〃This　was　Prince　Henri's　Invasion　of　the　Bamberg…Nurnberg　Countries；　a　much　sharper　thing　than　in　any　former　Year。　Much　the　most　famous；　and；〃　luckily　for　us；　〃the　last　of　the　Small…War　affairs　for　the　present。　Started；from　Tschopau　region；　Bamberg　way；April　29th…May　5th。　In　Three　Columns：　Finck　leftmost；　and　foremost　（Finck　had　marched　April　29th；　pretending　to　mean　for　Bohemia）；　after　whom　Knobloch；　and　（May　5th）　the　Prince　himself。　Who　has　an　eye　to　the　Reichs　Magazines　and　Preparations；　as　usual；nay；　an　eye　to　their　Camp　of　Rendezvous；　and　to　a　fight　with　their　miscellaneous　Selves　and　Auxiliaries；　if　they　will　stand　fight。　'You　will　have　to　leave　Saxony；　and　help　us　with　the　Russians；　soon：　beat　those　Reichs　people　first！'　urged　the　King；　'well　beaten；　they　will　not　trouble　Saxony　for　a　while。'　If　they　will　stand　fight？　But　they　would　not　at　all。　They　struck　their　tents　everywhere；　burnt　their　own　Magazines；　in　some　cases；　and　only　went　mazing　hither　and　thither；　gravitating　all　upon　Nurnberg；　and　an　impregnable　Camp　which　they　have　in　that　neighborhood。　Supreme　Zweibruck　was　himself　with　them；　many　Croats；　Austrians；　led　by　Maguire　and　others；　all　marching；　whirling　at　a　mighty　rate；　with　a　countenance　sometimes　of　vigor；　but　always　with　Nurnberg　Camp　in　rear。　There　was　swift　marching；　really　beautiful　manoeuvring　here　and　there；　sharp　bits　of　fighting；　too；　almost　in　the　battle…form：Maguire　tried；　or　was　for　trying；　a　stroke　with　Finck；　but　made　off　hastily；　glad　to　get　away。　＇Templehof；　iii。　64。＇　May　11th；　at　Himmelskron　in　Baireuth；　one　Riedesel　of　theirs　had　fairly　to　ground　arms；　self　and　2；500；　and　become　prisoners　of　war。〃　Much　of　this　manoeuvring　and　scuffling　was　in　Baireuth　Territory。　Twice；　or　even　thrice；　Prince　Henri　was　in　Baireuth　Town：　〃marched　through　Baireuth；〃　say　the　careless　Old　Books。　Through　Baireuth：No　Wilhelmina　now　there；　with　her　tremulous　melodies　of　welcome！　Wilhelminn's　loves；　and　terrors　for　her　loved；　are　now　all　still。　Perhaps　her　poor　Daughter　of　Wurtemberg；　wandering　unjustly　disgraced；　is　there；　Papa；　the　Widower　Margraf；　is　for　marrying　again：　＇Married　20th　September；　1759　（a　Brunswick　Princess；　Sister's…daughter　of　his　late　Wife）；　died　within　four　years。＇march　on；　Prince　Henri！

〃In　Bamberg；〃　says　a　Note　from　Archenholtz；　〃the　Reichs　troops　burnt　their　Magazine；　and　made　for　Nurnberg；　as　usual；　but　left　some　thousand　or　two　of　Croats；　who　would　not　yet。　Knobloch　and　his　Prussians　appeared　shortly　after；　summoned　Bamberg；　which　agreed　to　receive　them；　and　were　for　taking　possession；　but　found　the　Croats　determined　otherwise。　Fight　ensued；　fight　in　the　streets；　which；　in　hideousness　of　noises；　if　in　nothing　else；　was　beyond　parallel。　The　inhabitants　sat　all　quaking　in　their　cellars；　not　an　inhabitant　was　to　be　seen：　a　City　dead；and　given　up　to　the　demons；　in　this　manner。　Not　for　some　hours　were　the　Croats　got　entirely　trampled　out。　Bamberg；　as　usual；　became　a　Prussian　place…of…arms；　was　charged　to　pay　ransom　of　40；000　pounds；'cannot　possibly！'　did　pay　some　14；000　pounds；　and　gave　bills　for　the　remainder。〃　＇Archenholtz。　i。　371…373。＇　Which　bills；　let　us　mark　withal；　the　Kaiser　in　Reichs　Diet　decreed　to　be　invalid：　〃Don't　pay　them！〃　A　thing　not　forgotten　by　Friedrich；though　it　is　understood　the　Bambergers；　lest　worse　might　happen；　privately　paid　their　bills。　〃The　Expedition　lasted；　in　whole；　not　quite　four　weeks：　June　1st；　Prince　Henri　was　at　the　Saxon　frontier　again；　the　German　world　all　ringing　loud；in　jubilation；　counter…jubilation　and　a　great　variety　of　tones；with　the　noise　of　what　he　had　done。　A　sharp　swift　man；　and；　sure　enough；　has　fluttered　the　Reichs　Volscians　in　their　Corioli　to　an　unexpected　degree。〃　＇Seyfarth；　　Beylagen；　　ii。　537…563；　BERICHT　VON　DER　UNTERNEHMUNG　DES　PRINZEN　HEINRICH　IN　FRANKEN；　IM　JAHR；　1759；　　Helden…　Geschichte；　　v。　1033…1039；　Tempelhof；　？？？？；　et　seq。＇　…COPY　ILLEGIBLE。　PAGE　203；　BOOK　XIX…^^^

　　A　Colonel　Wunsch　（Lieutenant…Colonel　of　the　Free　Corps　WUNSCH）　distinguished　himself　in　this　Expedition；　The　beginning　of　notably　great　things　to　him　in　the　few　following　months。　Wunsch　is　a　Wurtemberger　by　birth；　has　been　in