th　you；　that　you　deserve　to　have　a　Court…martial　held　over　you；　which　would　sentence　you　and　all　your　Generals　to　death；　but　that　his　Majesty　will　not　carry　the　matter　so　far；　being　unable　to　forget　that　in　the　Chief　General　he　has　a　Brother！'〃　＇Schmettau；　pp。　384；　385。＇
  The　Prince　answered；　He　wanted　only　a　Court…martial；　and　the　like；　in　stiff　tone。　Here　is　the　Letter　he　writes　next　day　to　his　Brother；　with　the　Answer：
  PRINCE　OF　PRUSSIA　TO　THE　KING。
  〃BAUTERN；　30th　July；　1757。
  〃MY　DEAR　BROTHER；The　Letters　you　have　written　me；　and　the　reception　I　yesterday　met　with；　are　sufficient　proof　that；　in　your　opinion；　I　have　ruined　my　honor　and　reputation。　This　grieves；　but　it　does　not　crush　me；　as　in　my　own　mind　I　am　not　conscious　of　the　least　reproach。　I　am　perfectly　convinced　that　I　did　not　act　by　caprice：　I　did　not　follow　the　counsels　of　people　incapable　of　giving　good　ones；　I　have　done　what　I　thought　to　be　suitablest　for　the　Army。　All　your　Generals　will　do　me　that　justice。
  〃I　reckon　it　useless　to　beg　of　you　to　have　my　conduct　investigated：　this　would　be　a　favor　you　would　do　me；　so　I　cannot　expect　it。　My　health　has　been　weakened　by　these　fatigues；　still　more　by　these　chagrins。　I　have　gone　to　lodge　in　the　Town；　to　recruit　myself。
  〃I　have　requested　the　Duke　of　Bevern　to　present　the　Army　Reports；　he　can　give　you　explanation　of　everything。　Be　assured；　my　dear　Brother；　that　in　spite　of　the　misfortunes　which　overwhelm　me；　and　which　I　have　not　deserved；　I　shall　never　cease　to　be　attached　to　the　State；　and　as　a　faithful　member　of　the　same；　my　joy　will　be　perfect　when　I　learn　the　happy　issue　of　your　Enterprises。　I　have　the　honor　to　be〃
  AUGUST　WILHELM。　　Main　de　Maitre；　　p。　21。＇
  KING'S　ANSWER；　THE　SAME　DAY。
  〃CAMP　NEAR　BAUTZEN；　30th　July；　1757。　〃MY　DEAR　BROTHER；Your　bad　guidance　has　greatly　deranged　my　affairs。　It　is　not　the　Enemy；　it　is　your　ill…judged　measures　that　have　done　me　all　this　mischief。　My　Generals　are　inexcusable；　either　for　advising　you　so　ill；　or　in　permitting　you　to　follow　resolutions　so　unwise。　Your　ears　are　accustomed　to　listen　to　the　talk　of　flatterers　only。　Daun　has　not　flattered　you；behold　the　consequences。　In　this　aad　situation；　nothing　is　left　for　me　but　trying　the　last　extremity。　I　must　go　and　give　battle；　and　if　we　cannot　conquer；　we　must　all　of　us　have　ourselves　killed。
  〃I　do　not　complain　of　your　heart；　but　I　do　of　your　incapaciy；　of　your　want　of　judgment　in　not　choosing　better　methods。　A　man　who　＇like　me；　mark　the　phrase；　from　such　a　quarter！＇　has　but　a　few　days　to　live　need　not　dissemble。　I　wish　you　better　fortune　than　mine　has　been：　and　that　all　the　miseries　and　bad　adventures　you　have　had　may　teach　you　to　treat　important　things　with　more　of　care；　more　of　sense；　and　more　of　resolution。　The　greater　part　of　the　misfortunes　which　I　now　see　to　be　near　comes　only　from　you。　You　and　your　Children　will　be　more　overwhelmed　by　them　than　I。　Be　persuaded　nevertheless　that　I　have　always　loved　you；　and　that　with　these　sentiments　I　shall　die。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　FRIEDRICH。〃　＇MAIN　DE　MAITRE；　p。　22。＇
  As　the　King　went　off　to　the　Heights　of　Weissenberg；　Zittau　way；　to　encamp　there　against　the　Austrians；　that　same　evening；　the　Prince　did　not　answer　this　Letter；except　by　asking　verbally　through　Lieutenant…Colonel　Lentulus　（a　mute　Swiss　figure；　much　about　the　King；　who　often　turns　up　in　these　Histories）；　〃for　leave　to　return　to　Dresden　by　the　first　escort。〃〃Depends　on　himself；an　escort　is　going　this　night！　answered　Friedrich。　And　the　Prince　went　accordingly；　and；　by　two　stages；　got　into　Dresden　with　his　escort　on　the　morrow。　And　had；　not　yet　conscious　of　it；　quitted　the　Field　of　War　altogether；　and　was　soon　about　to　quit　the　world；　and　die；　poor　Prince。　Died　within　a　year；　12th　June；　1758；　at　Oranienburg；　beside　his　Family；　where　he　had　latterly　been。　＇Preuss；　ii。　60　（ib。　78）。＇Winterfeld　was　already　gone；　six　months　before　him；　Goltz　went；　not　long　after　him；　the　other　Zittau　Generals　all　survived　this　War。
  The　poor　Prince's　fate；　as　natural；　was　much　pitied；　and　Friedrich；　to　this　day；　is　growled　at　for　〃inhuman　treatment〃　and　so　on。　Into　which　question　we　do　not　enter；　except　to　say　that　Friedrich　too　had　his　sorrows；　and　that　probably　his　concluding　words；　〃with　these　sentiments　I　shall　die；〃　were　perfectly　true。　MAIN　DE　MAITRE　went　widely　abroad　over　the　world。　The　poor　Prince's　words　and　procedures　were　eagerly　caught　up　by　a　scrutinizing　public；and　some　of　the　former　were　not　too　guarded。　At　Dresden；　he　said；　one　morning；　calling　on　a　General　Finck　whom　we　shall　hear　of　again：　〃Four　such　disagreeing；　thin…skinned；　high…pacing　（UNEINIGE；　PIQUIRTE）　Generals　as　Fouquet；　Schmettau；　Winterfeld　and　Goltz；　about　you；　what　was　to　be　done！〃　said　the　Prince　to　Finck。　＇Preuss；　ii。　79　n。：　see　ib。　60；　78。＇
  His　Wife；　when　at　last　he　came　to　Oranienburg；　nursed　him　fondly；　that　is　one　comfortable　fact。　Prince　Henri；　to　the　last；　had　privately　a　grudge　of　peculiar　intensity；　on　this　score；　against　all　the　peccant　parties；　King　not　excepted。　As　indeed　he　was　apt　to　have；　on　various　scores；　the　jealous；　too　vehement　little　man。
  Friedrich's　humor　at　this　time　I　can　guess　to　have　been　well…nigh　desperate。　He　talks　once　of　〃a　horse；　on　too　much　provocation；　getting　the　bit　between　its　teeth；　regardless　thenceforth　of　chasms　and　precipices：〃　＇Letter　to　Wilhelmina；　〃Linay；　22d　July〃　（cited　above）。＇though　he　himself　never　carries　it　to　that　length；　and　always　has　a　watchful　eye；　when　at　his　swiftest！　From　Weissenberg；　that　night；　he　drives　in　the　Pandours　on　Zittau　and　the　Eckartsbergbut　the　Austrians　don't　come　out。　And；　for　three　weeks　in　this　fierce　necessity　of　being　speedy；　he　cannot　get　one　right　stroke　at　the　Austrians；　who　sit　inexpugnable　upon　their　Eckart's　Hill；　bristling　with　cannon；　and　can　in　no　way　be　manoeuvred　down；　or　forced　or　enticed　into　Battle。　A　baffling；　bitterly　impatient　three　weeks；two　of　them　the　worst　two；　he　spends　at　Weissenberg　itself；　chasing　Pandours；　and　scuffling　on　the　surface；　till　Keith　and　the　Magazine…train　come　up；　even　writing　Verses　now　and　then；　when　the　hours　get　unendurable　otherwise！
  The　instant　Keith　and　the　Magazines　are　come　he　starts　for　Bernstadt；　56；000　strong　after　this　junction：and　a　Prussian　Officer；　dating　〃Bernstadtel　＇Bernstadt　on　the　now　Maps＇；　21st　August；　1757；〃　sends　us　this　account；　which　also　is　but　of　preliminary　nature：
  〃AUGUST　15th；　Majesty　left　Weissenberg；　and　marched　hither；　much　to　the　enemy's　astonishment；　who　had　lain　perfectly　quiet　for　a　fortnight　past；　fancying　they　were　a　mastiff　on　the　door…sill　of　Silesia：　little　thinking　to　be　trampled　on　in　this　unceremonious　way！　General　Beck；　when　our　hussars　of　the　vanguard　made　appearance；　had　to　saddle　and　ride　as　for　life；　leaving　every　rag　of　baggage；　and　forty　of　his　Pandours　captive。　Our　hussars　stuck　to　him；　chasing　him　into　Ostritz；　where　they　surprised　General　Nadasti　at　dinner；　and　did　a　still　better　stroke　of　business：　Nadasti　himself　could　scarcely　leap　on　horseback　and　get　off；　left　all　his　field　equipage；　coaches；　horses；　kitchen…utensils；　flunkies　seventy…two　in　number；and；　what　was　worst　of　all；　a　secret　box；　in　which　were　found　certain　Dresden　Correspondences　of　a　highly　treasonous　character；　which　now　the　writers　there　may　quake　to　think　of；〃if　Friedrich；　or　we；　could　take　much　notiee　of　them；　in　this　press　of　hurries！　＇　Helden…Geschichte；　　iv。　595…599。＇
  Next　day；　August　16th；　Friedrich　detached　five　battalions　to　Gorlitz；Prince　Karl　（he　calls　it　DAUN）　still　camping　on　the　Eckartsberg；and　himself；　about　4　P。M。；　with　the　main　Army；　marched　up　to　those　Austrians　on　their　Hill；　to　see　if　they　would　fight。　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　iv。　137。＇　No；　they　would　n't：　they　merely　hustled　themselves　round　so　as　to　face　him；　face　him；　and　even　flank　him　with　cannon…batteries　if　he　came　too　near。　Steep　ground；　〃precipitons　front　of　rocks；〃　in　some　places。　〃A　hollow　before　their　front；　Village　of　Wittgenau　there；　and　three　roads　through　it；　ONE　of　them　with　width　for　wheels；〃　Daun　sitting　inaccessible；　in　short。　Next　day；　Winterfeld；　with　a　detached　Division；　crossed　the　Neisse；　tried　Nadasti：　〃Attack　Nadasti；　on　his　woody　knoll　at　Hirschfeld　yonder；　they　will　have　to　rise　and　save　him！〃　In　vain；　that　too；　they　let　Nadasti　take　his　own　luck：　for　four　days　（16th…20th　August）　everything　was　tried；　in　vain。
  No　Battle　to　be　had　from　these　Austrians。　And　it　would　have　been　so　infinitely　convenient　to　us：　Reich's　Army　and　Soubise's　French　are　now　in　the　actual　precincts　of　Erfurt　（August　25th；　Soubise　took　quarter　there）；　Royal　Highness　of　Cumberland　is　staggering　back　into　the　Sea；　Richelieu's　French　（not　D'Estrees　any　more；　D'Estrees　being　superseded　in　this　strange　way）　are　aiming；　it　is　thought；　towards　Magdeburg；　had　they　once　done　with　Royal　Highness；　Swedes　are　getting　hold　of　Pommern；　Russians；　in　huge　force；　of　Preussen：　how　comfortable　to　have　had　our　Austrians　finished　before　going　upon　the　others！　For　four　days　more　（August　20th…24th）；　Friedrich　arranges　his　Army　for　watching　the　Austrians；　and　guarding　Silesia；Bevern　and　Winterfeld　to　take　command　in　his　absence：and；　August　25th；　has　to　march；　with　a　small　Division；　which；　at　Dresden