4。＇
  〃JUNE　9th；　The　bombardment　abates；　a　LABORATORIUM　of　our　own　flew　aloft　by　some　spark　or　accident；　and　killed　tbirteen　men。
  〃JUNE　15th；　From　the　King's　Camp　a　few　bombs　＇King　himself　now　gone＇　kindled　the　City　in　three　places：〃but　there　is；　by　this　time；　new　game　afield；　Prag　Siege　awaiting　its　decision　not　at　Prag；　but　some　way　off。
  Friedrich　has　been　doing　his　utmost；　diligent；　by　all　methods；　to　learn　where　the　Austrian　Magazines　were；　that　is；　on　what　special　edifices　and　localities　shot　might　be　expended　with　advantage；　and　has　fired　into　these　〃about　12；000　bombs。〃　Here　is　a　small　thing　still　remembered：
  〃Spies　being；　above　all；　essential　in　this　business；　Friedrich　had　bethought　him　of　one　Kasebier；　a　supreme　of　House…breakers；　whom　he　has；　safe　with　a　ball　at　his　ankle；　doing　forced　labor　at　Spandau　＇in　Stettin；　if　it　mattered＇。　Kasebier　was　actually　sent　for；　pardon　promised　him　if　he　could　do　the　State　a　service。　Kasebier　smuggled　himself　twice；　perhaps　three　times；　into　Prag；　but　the　fourth　time　he　did　not　come　back。〃　＇Retzow；　i。　108。　n。＇　Another　Note　says：　〃Kasebier　was　a　Tailor；　and　Son　of　a　Tailor；　in　Halle；　and　the　expertest　of　Thieves。　Had　been　doing　forced　labor；　in　Stettin；　since　1748；　twice　did　get　into　Prag；　third　time；　vanished。　A　highly　celebrated　Prussian　thief；　still　a　myth　among　the　People；　like　Dick　Turpin　or　Cartouche；　except　that　his　was　always　theft　without　violence。〃　＇Preuss；　ii。　57　n。＇
  We　learn　vaguely　that　the　price　of　horse…flesh　in　Prag　has　risen　to　double；　famine　very　sore：　but　still　one　hears　nothing　of　surrender。　And　again　there　is　vague　rumor　that　the　City　may　be　as　it　will；　but　that　the　Garrison　has　meal；　after　all　we　have　ruined；　which　will　last　till　October。　Such　a　Problem　has　this　King：　soluble　within　the　time；　or　not　soluble？　Such　a　question　for　the　whole　world；　and　for　himself　more　than　any。
  MAP　GOES　IN　HEREfACING　PAGE　446；　BOOK　xviii
  Chapter　IV。
  BATTLE　OF　KOLIN。
  On　and　after　June　9th；　the　bombardment　at　Prag　abated；　and　never　rose　to　briskness　again；　the　place　of　trial　for　decision　of　that　Siege　having　flitted　else…whither；　as　we　said。　About　that　time；　rumors　came　in；　not　so　favorable；　from　the　Duke　of　Bevern；　which　Friedrich；　strong　in　hope；　strove　visibly　to　disbelieve；　but　at　last　could　not。　Bevern　reports　that　Daun　is　actually　coming　on；　far　too　strong　for　his　resisting；in　other　terms；　that　the　Siege　of　Prag　will　not　decide　itself　by　bombardment；　but　otherwise　and　elsewhere。　Of　which　we　must　now　give　some　account；　brief　as　may　be；　especially　in　regard　to　the　preliminary　or　marching　part。
  Daun；　whose　light　troops　plundered　Brandeis　（almost　within　wind　of　the　Prussian　Rear）　on　the　day　while　Prag　Battle　was　fighting；　had；　on　that　fatal　event；　gradually　drawn　back　to　Czaslau；　a　place　we　used　to　know　fifteen　years　ago；　and　there；　or　in　those　neighborhoods；　defensively　manoeuvring；　and　hanging　upon　Kuttenberg；　Kolin；　especially　upon　his　Magazine　of　Suchdol；　Daun；　always　rather　drawing　back；　with　Brunswick…Bevern　vigilantly　waiting　on　him；　has　continued　ever　since；　diligently　recruiting　himself；　ranking　the　remains　of　the　right　wing　defeated　at　Prag；　drawing　regiments　out　of　Mahren；　or　whencesoever　to　be　had。　Till；　by　these　methods；　he　is　grown　60；000　strong；　nearly　thrice　superior　to　Bevern；　though　being　a　〃Fabius　Cunctator〃　（so　called　by　and　by）；　he　as　yet　attempts　nothing。　Forty　thousand　in　Prag；　with　Sixty　here　in　the　Czaslau　Quarter；　＇Tempelhof；　i。　196；　Retzow　（i。　107；　109）　counts　46；000＋66；000。＇　that　makes　100；000；　say　his　Prussian　Majesty　has　two…thirds　of　the　number：　can　the　Fabius　Cunctator　attempt　nothing；　before　Prag　utterly　famish？
  Order　comes　to　him　from　Vienna：　〃Rescue　Prag；　straightway　go　upon　it；　cost　what　it　like！〃　Daun　does　go　upon　it；　advances　visibly　towards　Prag；　Bevern　obliged　to　fall　back　in　front　of　him。　Sunday；　12th　June；　Daun　despatches　several　Officers　to　Prince　Karl　at　Prag；　with　notice　that；　〃On　the　20th；　Monday　come　a　week；　he　will　be　in　the　neighborhood　of　Prag　with　this　view：they；　of　course；　to　sally　out；　and　help　from　rearward。〃　〃Several　Officers；　under　various　disguises；〃　go　with　that　message；　June　12th；　but　none　of　them　could　get　into　the　City；　and　some　of　them；　I　judge；　must　have　fallen　into　the　Prussian　Hussar　Parties：at　any　rate；　the　news　they　carried　did　get　into　the　Prussian　circuit；　and　produced　an　instant　resolution　there。　Early　next　morning；　Monday　13th；　King　Friedrich；　with　what　disposable　force　is　on　the　spot；10；000　capable　of　being　spared　from　siege…work；　and　4；000　more　that　will　be　capable　of　following；　under　Prince　Moritz；　in　two　days；sets　forth　in　all　speed。　Joins　Bevern　that　same　night；　at　Kaurzim；　thirty…five　miles　off；　which　is　about　midway　from　Prag　to　Czaslau；　and　only　three　miles　or　so　from　Daun's　quarters　that　night；had　the　King　known　it；　which　he　did　not。
  Daun　must　be　instantly　gone　into；　and　shall；if　he　is　there　at　all；　and　not　fallen　back　at　the　first　rumor　of　us；　as　Friedrich　rather　supposes。　In　any　case；　there　are　preliminaries　indispensable：　the　4；000　of　Prince　Moritz　still　to　come　up；　secondly；　bread　to　be　had　for　us；　which　is　baking　at　Nimburg；　across　the　Elbe；　twenty　miles　off；　lastly　（or　rather　firstly；　and　most　indispensable　of　all）；　Daun　to　be　reconnoitred。　Friedrich　reconnoitres　Daun　with　all　diligence；　pushes　on　everything　according　to　his　wont；　much　obstructed　in　the　reconnoitring　by　Pandour　clouds；　under　which　Daun　has　veiled　himself；　which　far　outnumber　our　small　Hussar　force。　Daun；　as　usual；showing　always　great　skill　in　regard　to　camps　and　positions；has　planted　himself　in　difficult　country：　a　little　river　with　its　boggy　pools　in　front；　behind　and　around；　an　intricate　broken　country　of　knolls　and　swamps；　one　ridge　in　it　which　they　even　call　a　BERG　or　Hill；　Kamhayek　Berg；　not　much　of　a　Hill　after　all；　but　forming　a　long　backbone　to　the　locality；　west　end　of　it　straight　behind　Daun's　centre；　at　present。　Friedrich's　position　is　from　north　to　south；　like　Daun's；　taking　advantage　of　what　heights　and　brooks　there　are；　and　edging　northward　to　be　near　his　bread…ovens：　right　wing　still　holds　by　Kaurzim；　left　wing　looking　down　on　Planian；　a　little　Town　on　the　High　Road　（KAISER…STRASSE）　from　Prag　to　Vienna。　Little　Town　destined　to　get　up　its　name　in　a　day　or　two；next　little　Town　to　which；　twelve　miles　farther　on；　is　Kolin；　secretly　destined　to　become　and　continue　still　more　famous　among　mankind。　Kolin　is　close　to　the　Elbe；　left　or　south　bank；　Elbe　hereabouts　strikes　into　his　long　northwestern　course　（to　Wittenberg　all　the　way；　Pirna；　say　150　miles　off；　is　his　half…way　house　in　that　direction）；strikes　off　northward　hereabouts；　making　for　Nimburg；　among　other　places：　Planian；　right　south　of　Nimburg；　is　already　fifteen　good　miles　from　Elbe。
  This　is　Friedrich's　position；　Wednesday；　June　15th　and　the　day　following；　somewhat　nearer　his　ovens　than　yesterday。　Daun　is　yet　parallel　to　him；　has　his　centre　behind　Swoyschitz；　an　insignificant　Village　at　the　foot　of　those　Kamhayek　Heights；　which　is；　ever　since；　to　be　found　in　Maps。　Friday；　17th；　Friedrich's　bread…wagons　and　4；000　having　come　in；　as　doubtless　the　Pandours　report　in　the　proper　place；　Daun　does　not　quite　like　his　strong　position　any　more；　but　would　prefer　a　stronger。　Friday　about　sunset；　〃great　clouds　of　dust〃　rise　from　Daun：　changing　his　position；　the　Prussians　see；　if　for　Pandours　and　gathering　darkness　they　can　at　present　see　little　else。　Daun；　truly；　observing　the　King　to　have　in　that　manner　edged　up；　towards　Planian；　is　afraid　of　his　right　wing　from　such　a　neighbor。　So　that　the　reader　must　take　his　Map　again。　Or；　if　he　care　not　for　such　things；　let　him　skip；　and　leave　me　solitary　to　my　sad　function；　till　we　can　meet　on　easier　ground；　and　report　the　battle　which　ensued。　Daun　hustles　his　right　wing　back　out　of　that　dangerous　proximity；　wheels　his　whole　right　wing　and　centre　ninety　degrees　round；　so　as　to　reach　out　now　towards　Kolin；　and　lie　on　the　north　slope　of　the　Kamhayek　ridge；　places　his　left　wing　EN　POTENCE　（gibbet…wise）；　hanging　round　the　western　end　of　said　Kamhayek；　its　southern　extremity　at　Swoyschitz；　its　northern　at　Hradenin；　where　（not　a　mile　from　Planian）　his　right　wing　had　formerly　been；with　other　intricate　movements　not　worth　following；　under　my　questionable　guidance；　on　a　Map　with　unpronounceable　names。　Enough　to　say　that　Daun's　right　wing　is　now　far　east　at　Krzeczhorz；　well　beyond　Chotzemitz；　whereabouts　his　centre　now　comes　to　stand　（and　most　of　his　horse　THERE；　both　the　wings　being　hilly　and　rough；　unfit　for　horse）；and　that；　this　being　nearly　the　last　of　Daun's　shiftings　and　hustlings　for　the　present；　or　indeed　in　essential　respects　the　very　last；　readers　may　as　well　note　the　above　main　points　in　it。
  Hustled　into　this　still　stronger　place；　with　wheeling　and　shoving；　which　lasted　to　a　late　hour；　Daun　composes　himself　for　the　night。　He　lies　now；　with　centre　and　right　looking　northward；　pretty　much　parallel　to　the　Planian…Kolin　or　Prag…Vienna　Highway；　and　about　a　mile　south　of　the　same；　extreme　posts　extending　almost　to　Kolin　on　that　side；　left　wing　well　planted　EN　POTENCE；　Kamhayek　ridge；　north　face　and　west　end　of　it；　completely　his　on　both　the　exposed　or　Anti…Prussian　faces。　Friedrich　feels　uncertain　whether