history of friedrich ii of prussia v 19-第6部分

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bly　great　things　to　him　in　the　few　following　months。　Wunsch　is　a　Wurtemberger　by　birth；　has　been　in　many　services；　always　in　subaltern　posts；　and；　this　year；　will　testify　strangely　how　worthy　he　was　of　the　higher。　What　a　Year；　this　of　1759；　to　stout　old　Wunsch！　In　the　Spring；　here　has　he　just　seen　his　poor　son；　Lieutenant　Wunsch；　perish　in　one　of　these　scuffles；　in　Autumn；　he　will　see　himself　a　General；　shining　suddenly　bright；　to　his　King　and　to　all　the　world；　before　Winter；　he　will　be　Prisoner　to　Austria；　and　eclipsed　for　the　rest　of　this　war！Kleist；　of　the　GREEN　HUSSARS；　also　made　a　figure　here；　and　onwards　rapidly　ever　higher；　to　the　top　of　renown　in　his　business：fallen　heir　to　Mayer's　place；　as　it　were。　A　Note　says：　〃Poor　Mayer　of　the　Free　Corps　does　not　ride　with　the　Prince　on　this　occasion。　Mayer；　dangerously　worn　down　with　the　hard　services　of　last　Year；　and　himself　a　man　of　too　sleepless　temper；　caught　a　fever　in　the　New…year　time；　and　died　within　few　days：　burnt　away　before　his　time；　much　regretted　by　his　Brethren　of　the　Army；　and　some　few　others。　Gone　in　this　way；　with　a　high　career　just　opening　on　him　at　the　long　last！　Mayer　was　of　Austrian；　of　half　Spanish　birth；　a　musical；　really　melodious；　affectionate；　but　indignant；　wildly　stormful　mortal；　and　had　had　adventures　without　end。　Something　of　pathos；　of　tragedy；　in　the　wild　Life　of　him。　＇Still　worth　reading：　in　Pauli　（our　old　watery　BRANDENBURG…HISTORY　Friend）。　　Leben　grosser　Helden　　（Halle；　1759…1764；　9　vols。）；　iii。　142…188；much　the　best　Piece　in　that　still　rather　watery　（or　windy）　Collection；　which；　however；　is　authentic；　and　has　some　tolerable　Portraits。＇　A　man　of　considerable　genius；　military　and　other：genius　in　the　sleepless　kind；　which　is　not　the　best　kind；　sometimes　a　very　bad　kind。　The　fame　of　Friedrich　invites　such　people　from　all　sides　of　the　world；　and　this　was　no　doubt　a　sensible　help　to　him。〃But　enough　of　all　this。

Here；　surely；　is　abundance　of　preliminary　Small…War；　on　the　part　of　a　Friedrich　reduced　to　the　defensive！Fouquet's　Sequel；　hinted　at　above；　was　to　this　effect。　On　Fouquet's　failing　to　get　hold　of　the　Moravian　Magazines；　and　returning　to　his　Post　at　Leobschutz；　a　certain　rash　General　Deville；　who　is　Austrian　chief　in　those　parts；　hastily　rushed　through　the　Jagerndorf　Hills；　and　invaded　Fouquet。　Only　for　a　few　days；　and　had　very　bad　success；　in　that　bit　of　retaliation。　The　King；　who　is　in　Landshut；　in　the　middle　of　his　main　cantonments；　hastened　over　to　Leobschutz　with　reinforcement　to　Fouquet；　in　the　thought　that　a　finishing…stroke　might　be　done　on　this　Deville；and　would　have　done　it；　had　not　the　rash　man　plunged　off　again　（May　1st；　or　the　night　before）；　homewards；　at　full　speed。　So　that　Friedrich；　likewise　at　full　speed；　could　catch　nothing　of　him；　but　merely　cannonade　him　in　the　Passes　of　Zuckmantel；　and　cut　off　his　rear…guard　of　Croats。　Poor　forlorn　of　Croats；　whom　he　had　left　in　some　bushy　Chasm；　to　gain　him　a　little　time；　and　then　to　perish　if　THEY　must！　as　Tempelhof　remarks。　＇Tempelhof；　iii。　56。＇　Upon　which　Friedrich　returned　to　Landshut；　and　Fouquet　had　peace　again。

It　was　from　this　Landshut　region；　where　his　main　cantonments　are；　that　Friedrich　had　witnessed　all　these　Inroads；　or　all　except　the　very　earliest　of　them；　the　first　Erfurt　one；　and　the　Wobersnow…　Sulkowski。　He　had　quitted　Breslau　in　the　end　of　March；　and　gone　to　his　cantonments；　quickened　thither；　probably；　by　a　stroke　that　had　befallen　him　at　Griefenberg；　on　his　Silesian　side　of　the　Cordon。　At　Griefenberg　stood　the　Battalion　Duringshofen；　with　its　Colonel　of　the　same　name；grenadier　people　of　good　quality；　perhaps　near　1；000　in　whole。　Which　Battalion；　General　Beck；　after　long　preliminary　study　of　it；　from　his　Bohemian　side；marching　stealthily　on　it；　one　night　（March　25…26th）；　by　two　or　more　roads；　with　8；000　men；　and　much　preliminary　Croat…work；contrived　to　envelop　wholly；　and　carry　off　with　him；　before　help　could　come　up。　This；　I　suppose；　had　quickened　Friedrich's　arrival。　He　has　been　in　that　region　ever　since；in　Landshut　for　the　last　week　or　two；　and　returns　thither　after　the　Deville　affair。

And　at　Landshut；which　is　the　main　Pass　into　Bohemia　or　from　it；　and　is　the　grand　observatory…point　at　present；he　will　have　to　remain　till　the　first　days　of　July；　almost　three　months。　Watching；　and　waiting　on　the　tedious　Daun；　who　has　the　lifting　of　the　curtain　this　Year！　Daun　had　come　to　Jaromirtz；　to　his　cantonments；　〃March　24th〃　（almost　simultaneously　with　Friedrich　to　his）；　expecting　Friedrich's　Invasion；　as　usual。　Long　days　sat　Daun；　expecting　the　King　in　Bohemia：〃There　goes　he；　at　last！〃　thought　Daun；　on　Prince　Henri's　late　flamy　appearance　there　（BREAKAGE　THIRD　we　labelled　it）；and　Daun　had　hastily　pushed　a　Division　thitherward；　double…quick；　to　secure　Prag；　but　found　it　was　only　the　Magazines。　〃Above　four　millions　worth　＇600；000　pounds；　counting　the　THALERS　into　sterling＇；　above　four　millions　worth　of　bread　and　forage　gone　to　ashes；　and　the　very　boats　burnt？　Well；　the　poor　Reichsfolk；　or　our　poor　Auxiliaries　to　them；　will　have　empty　haversacks：but　it　is　not　Prag！〃　thinks　Daun。

At　what　exact　point　of　time　Daun　came　to　see　that　Friedrich　was　not　intending　Invasion；　and　would；　on　the　contrary；　require　to　be　invaded；　I　do　not　know。　But　it　must　have　been　an　interesting　discovery　to　Daun；　if　he　foreshadowed　to　himself　what　results　it　would　have　on　him：　〃Taking　the　defensive；　then？　And　what　is　to　become　of　one's　Cunctatorship　in　that　case！〃　Yes；　truly。　Cunctatorship　is　not　now　the　trade　needed；　there　is　nothing　to　be　made　of　playing　Fabius…Cunctator：and　Daun's　fame　henceforth　is　a　diminishing　quantity。　The　Books　say　he　〃wasted　above　five　weeks　in　corresponding　with　the　Russian　Generals。〃　In　fact；　he　had　now　weeks　enough　on　hand；　being　articulately　resolved　（and　even　commanded　by　Kriegshofrath）　to　do　nothing　till　the　Russians　came　up；and　also　（INarticulately　and　by　command　of　Nature）　to　do　as　little　as　possible　after！　This　Year；　and　indeed　all　years　following；　the　Russians　are　to　be　Daun's　best　card。

Waiting　for　three　months　here　till　the　curtain　rose；　it　was　Friedrich　that　had　to　play　Cunctator。　A　wearisome　task　to　him；　we　need　not　doubt。　But　he　did　it　with　anxious　vigilance；　ever　thinking　Daun　would　try　something；　either　on　Prince　Henri　or　on　him；　and　that　the　Play　would　begin。　But　the　Play　did　not。　There　was　endless　scuffling　and　bickering　of　Outposts；　much　hitching　and　counter…　hitching；　along　that　Bohemian…Silesian　Frontier；Daun　gradually　hitching　up；　leftwards；　northwards；　to　be　nearer　his　Russians；　Friedrich　counter…hitching；　and；　in　the　end；　detaching　against　the　Russians；　as　they　approached　in　actuality。　The　details　of　all　which　would　break　the　toughest　patience。　Not　till　July　came；　had　both　parties　got　into　the　Lausitz；　Daun　into　an　impregnable　Camp　near　Mark…Lissa　（in　Gorlitz　Country）；　Friedrich；　opposite　and　eastward　of　him；　into　another　at　Schmottseifen：still　after　which；　as　the　Russians　still　were　not　come；　the　hitching　（if　we　could　concern　ourselves　with　it）；　the　maze　of　strategic　shuffling　and　counter…　dancing；　as　the　Russians　get　nearer；　will　become　more　intricate　than　ever。

Except　that　of　General　Beck　on　Battalion　Duringshofen；if　that　was　meant　as　retaliatory；　and　was　not　rather　an　originality　of　Beck's；　who　is　expert　at　such　strokes；Daun；　in　return　for　all　these　injurious　Assaults　and　Breakages；　tried　little　or　no　retaliation；　and　got　absolutely　none。　Deville　attempted　once；　as　we　saw；　Loudon　once；　as　perhaps　we　shall　see：　but　both　proved　futile。　For　the　present　absolutely　none。　Next　Year　indeed；　Loudon；　on　Fouquet　at　Landshut　But　let　us　not　anticipate！　Just　before　quitting　Landshut　for　Schmottseifen；　Friedrich　himself　rode　into　Bohemia；　to　look　more　narrowly；　and　held　Trautenau；　at　the　bottom　of　the　Pass；　for　a　day　or　twoBut　the　reader　has　had　enough　of　Small…War！　Of　the　present　Loudon　attempt；　Friedrich；　writing　to　Brother　Henri；　who　is　just　home　from　his　Franconian　Invasion　（BREAKAGE　FIFTH）；　has　a　casual　word；　which　we　will　quote。　〃Reich…Hennersdorf〃　is　below　Landshut；　farther　down　the　Pass；　〃Liebau〃　still　farther　down；and　its　〃Gallows；〃　doubtless；　is　on　some　knoll　in　the　environs！

REICH…HENNERSDORF；　9th　JUNE。　〃My　congratulations　on　the　excellent　success　you　have　had　＇out　in　Frankenland　yonder＇！　Your　prisoners；　we　hear；　are　3；000；　the　desertion　and　confusion　in　the　Reichs　Army　are　affirmed　to　be　enormous：I　give　those　Reichs　fellows　two　good　months　＇scarcely　took　so　long＇　to　be　in　a　condition　to　show　face　again。　As　for　ourselves；　I　can　send　you　nothing　but　contemptibilities。　We　have　never　yet　had　the　beatific　vision　of　Him　with　the　Hat　and　Consecrated　Sword　＇Papal　Daun；　that　is＇；　they　amuse　us　with　the　Sieur　Loudon　instead；who；　three　days　ago　＇7th　July；　two　days＇　did　us　the　honor　of　a　visit；　at　the　Gallows　of　Liebau。　He　was　conducted　out　again；　with　all　the　politeness　imaginable；　on　to　near　Schatzlar；〃　well　over　the　Bohemian　Border；　〃where　we　flung　a　score　of　cannon　volleys　into　the〃into　the　〃DERRIERE　of　him；　and　everybody　returned　home。〃　＇In　SCHONING；　ii。　65：　〃9th　June；　1759。〃＇

Perhaps　the　only　points　now　noticeable　in　this　tedious　Landshut　interim；　are　Two；　hardly　noticed　then　at　all　by　an　expectant　world。　The　first　is：　That　in　the　King's　little　inroad　down　to　Trautenau；　just　mentioned；　four　cannon　drawn　by　horses　were　part　of　the　King's　fighting　gear；the　first　appearance　of　Horse　Artillery　in　the　world。　〃A　very　great　invention；〃　says　the　military　mind：　〃guns　and　carriages　are　light；　and　made　of　the　best　material　for　strength；　the　gunners　all　mounted　as　postilions　to　them。　Can　scour　along；　over　hill　and　dale；　wherever　horse　can；　and　burst　out；　on　the　sudden；　where　nobody　was　expecting　artillery。　Devised　in　1758；　ready　this　Year；　four　light　six…pounders；　tried　first　in　the　King's　raid　down　to　Trautenau　＇June　29th…30th＇。　Only　four　pieces　as　yet。　But　these　did　so　well；　there　were　yearly　more。　Imitated　by　the　Austrians；　and　gradually　by　all　the　world。〃　＇Seyfarth；　ii。　543。＇

The　second　fact　is：　That　Herr　Guichard　（Author　of　that　fine　Book　on　the　War…methods　of　the　Greeks　and　Romans）　is　still　about　Friedrich；　as　he　has　been　for　above　a　year　past；　if　readers　remember；　and；　during　those　tedious　weeks；　is　admitted　to　a　great　deal　of　conversati