aneous　to　Friedrich　thenceforth；　to　him　and　us；　which　is　not　on　the　stage　of　his　affairs　and　ours；　but　is　to　be　conceived　always　as　vigorously　proceeding　alongside　of　it；　close　beyond　the　scenes；　and　liable　at　any　time　to　make　tragic　entry　on　him　again：of　which　we　shall　have　to　notice　the　louder　occurrences　and　cardinal　phases；　but；　for　the　future；　nothing　more。
  Soubise；　who　had　crept　into　the　skirts　of　the　Richelieu　Army　in　Hanover　or　Hessen　Country；　had　of　course　to　take　wing　in　that　general　fright　before　the　mastiff。　Soubise　did　not　cross　the　Rhine　with　it；　Soubise　made　off　eastward；　＇Westphalen；　i。　501　（〃end　of　March；　1758〃＇。＇found　new　roost　in　Hanau…Frankfurt　Country；　and　had　thoughts　of　joining　the　Austrians　in　Bohemia　next　Campaign；　but　got　new　order；such　the　pinches　of　a　winged　Clermont　with　a　mastiff　Ferdinand　at　his　poor　draggled　tail；and　came　back　to　the　Ferdinand　scene；　to　help　there；　and　never　saw　Friedrich　again。　Both　Broglio　and　he　had　a　good　deal　of　fighting　（mostly　beating）　from　Ferdinand；　and　a　great　deal　of　trouble　and　sorrow　in　the　course　of　this　War；　but　after　Rossbach　it　is　not　Friedrich　or　we；　it　is　Ferdinand　and　the　Destinies　that　have　to　do　with　them。　Poor　Soubise；　except　that　he　was　the　creature　of　Generalissima　Pompadour；　which　had　something　radically　absurd　in　it；　did　not　deserve　all　the　laughter　he　got：　a　man　of　some　chivalry；　some　qualities。　As　for　Broglio；　I　remember　always；　not　without　human　emotion；　the　two　extreme　points　of　his　career　as　a　soldier：　Rossbach　and　the　Fall　of　the　Bastille。　He　was　towards　forty；　when　Friedrich　bestrode　the　Janus　Hill　in　that　fiery　manner；　he　was　turned　of　seventy　when；　from　the　pavements　of　Paris；　the　Chimera　of　Democracy　rose　on　him；　in　fire　of　a　still　more　horrible　description。
  Dauphiness…Bellona；　in　her　special　and　in　her　widest　sense；　has　made　exit；　then。　Gone；　like　clouds　of　draggled　poultry　home　across　the　Rhine。　She　was　the　most　marauding　Army　lately　seen；　also　the　most　gasconading；　and　had　the　least　capacity　for　fighting：　three　worse　qualities　no　army　could　have。　How　she　fought；　we　have　seen　sufficiently。　Before　taking　leave　of　her　forever；　readers；　as　she　is　a　paragon　in　her　kind；　would　perhaps　take　a　glance　or　two　at　her　marauding　qualities；by　a　good　opportunity　that　offers。　Plotho　at　Regensburg；　that　a　supreme　Reichs　Diet　may　know　what　a　〃deliverance　of　Saxony〃　this　has　been；　submits　one　day　the　following　irrefragable　Documents；　〃which　have　happened；〃　not　without　good　industry　of　my　own；　〃to　fall　into　my　＇Plotho's＇　hands。〃　They　are　Documents　partly　of　epistolary；　partly　of　a　Petitionary　form；　presented　to　Polish　Majesty；　out　of　that　Saxon　Country；　and　have　an　AFFIDAVIT　quality　about　them；　one　and　all。
  1。　BIG　DAUPHINESS　（that　is；　D'Estrees）　IN　THE　WESEL　COUNTRIES；　AT　AN　EARLY　STAGE；WHILE　STILL　ENDEAVORING　WHAT　SHE　COULD　TO　BEHAVE　WELL；　HANGING　1；000　MARAUDERS　AND　THE　LIKE　（A　private　Letter）：
  〃COUNTY　MARK；　20th　JUNE；　1757。　The　French　troops　are　going　on　here　in　a　way　to　utterly　ruin　us。　Schmidt；　their　President　of　Justice；　whom　they　set　up　in　Cleve；　has　got　orders　to　change　all　the　Magistracies　of　the　Country　＇Protestant　by　nature＇；　so　as　that　half　the　members　shall　be　Catholic。　Bielefeld　was　openly　plundered　by　the　French　for　three　hours　long。　You　cannot　by　possibility　represent　to　yourself　what　the　actual　state　of　misery　in　these　Countries　is。　A　SCHEFFEL　of　rye　costs　three　thalers　sixteen　groschen　＇who　knows　how　many　times　its　natural　price！＇。　And　now　we　are　to　be　forced　to　eat　the　spoiled　meal　those　French　troops　brought　with　them；　which　is　gone　to　such　a　state　no　animal　would　have　it。　This　poisoned　meal　we　are　to　buy　from　them；　ready　money；　at　the　price　they　fix；　and　that　famine　may　induce　us；　they　are　about　to　stop　the　mills；　and　forcibly　take　away　what　little　bread…　corn　we　have　left。　God　have　pity　on　us；　and　deliver　us　soon！　　Next　week　we　are　to　have　a　transit　of　6；000　Pfalzers　＇Kur…Pfalz；　foolish　idle　fellow；　and　Kur…Baiern　too；　are　both　in　subsidy　of　France；　as　usual；　6；000　Pfalzers　just　due　here＇；　these；　I　suppose；　will　sweep　us　clean　bare。〃　＇　Helden…Geschichte；　　iv。　399。＇：
  Wesel　Fortress；　Gate　of　the　Rhine；　could　not　be　defended　by　Friedrich：　and　the　Hanover　Incapables；　and　England　still　all　in　St。　Vitus；　would　not　hear　of　undertaking　it；　left　it　wide　open　for　the　French；　never　could　recover　it；　or　get　the　Rhine…Gate　barred　again；　during　the　whole　War。　One　hopes　they　repented；but　perhaps　it　was　only　Pitt　and　Duke　Ferdinand　that　did　so；　instead！　The　Wesel　Countries　were　at　once　occupied　by　the　French；　〃a　conquest　of　her　Imperial　Majesty's；〃　continued　to　be　administered　in　Imperial　Majesty's　name；and　are　thriving　as　above。
  2。　DAUPHINESS　PROPER　（that　is；　Soubise）　IN　THURINGEN；　AT　A　LATE　STAGE：
  〃LETTER　FROM　FREIBURG；　SHORTLY　AFTER　ROSSBACH。It　was　on　the　23d　October；　a　Sunday；　that　we　of　Freiburg　had　our　first　billeting　of　French；　a　body　of　Cavalry　from　different　regiments　＇going　to　take　Leipzig；　take　Torgau；　what　not＇：　and　from　that　day　Freiburg　never　emptied　of　French；　who　kept　marching　through　it　in　extraordinary　quantities。　The　marching　lasted　fourteen　days；　namely；　till　the　6th　November　＇day　AFTER　Rossbach；　when　they　burnt　our　poor　Bridge；　and　marched　for　the　last　time＇；　and　often　the　billeting　was　so　heavy；　that　in　a　single　house　there　were　forty　or　fifty　men。　Who　at　all　times　had　to　be　lodged　and　dieted　gratis；　nay　many　householders；　over　and　above　the　ordinary　meal；　were　obliged　to　give　them　money　too；　and　many　poor　people；　who　can　scarcely　get　their　own　bit　of　bread；　had　to　run　and　bring　at　once　their　sixteen　or　eighteen　groschen　＇pence＇　worth　of　wine；　not　to　speak　of　coffee　and　sugar。　And　a　great　increase　of　the　mischief　it　was　always；　that　the　soldiers　and　common　people　did　not　understand　one　another's　language。〃Heavy　billeting；　but　what　was　that？　。。。　〃Vast；　nearly　impossible；　quantities　of　forage　and　provision；〃　were　wrung　from　us；　as　from　all　the　other　Towns　and　Villages　about；　〃under　continual　threatening　to　burn　and　raze　us　from　the　earth。　Often　did　our　French　Colonel　threaten；　'He　would　have　the　cannon　opened　on　Freiburg　straightway。'　Nay；　had　it　stood　by　foraging；　we　might　have　reckoned　ourselves　lucky。　But　our　straits　increased　day　by　day；　and　sheer　plundering　became　more　and　more　excessive。
  〃The　robbing　and　torturing　of　travellers；　the　plundering　and　burning　of　Saxon　Villages　。。。　Almost　all　the　Towns　and　Villages　hereabouts　are　so　plundered　out；　that　many　a　one　now　has　nothing　but　what　he　carries　on　his　body。　Plundering　was　universal：　and　no　sooner　was　one　party　away；　than　another　came；　and　still　another；　and　often　the　same　house　was　three　or　four　times　plundered。　Branderode；　a　Village　two　leagues　from　this　＇stands　on　the　Field　of　Rossbach；　if　we　look＇；　is　so　ruined　out；　that　nobody　almost　has　anything　left：　Chief　Inspector　Baron　von　Bose's　Schloss　there；　with　its　splendid　appointments；　they　ruined　utterly；　took　all　money；　victuals；　valuables；　furniture；　clothes；　linen　and　beds；　all　they　could　carry；　what　could　not　be　carried　away；　they　cut；　hewed　and　smashed　to　pieces；　broke　the　wine…casks；　and　even　tore　up　the　documents　and　letters　they　found　lying　in　the　place。　Branderode　Dorf　was　twice　set　fire　to　by　them；　and　was；　at　last；　with　Zeuchfeld；　which　is　an　Amtsdorf；after　both　had　been　plundered；reduced　to　ashes。　The　Churches　of　Branderode　and　Zeuchfeld；　with　several　other　Churches；　were　plundered；　the　altars　broken；　the　altar…cloths　and　other　vestures　cut　to　pieces；　and　the　sacred　vessels　and　cups　carried　away；except　＇for　we　have　a　notarial　exactness；　and　will　exaggerate　nothing＇　that　in　the　case　of　Branderode　they　sent　the　cup　back。　Of　the　pollution　of　the　altars；　and　of　the　blasphemous　songs　these　people　sang　in　the　churches；　one　cannot　think　without　horror。
  〃And　it　was　merely　our　pretended　Allies　and　Protectors　that　have　desecrated　our　divine　service；　utterly　wasted　our　Country；　reduced　the　inhabitants　to　want　and　desperation；　and；　in　short；　have　so　behaved　that　you　would　not　know　this　region　again。　Truly　these　troops　have　realized　for　us　most　of　the　infamies　we　heard　reported　of　the　Cossacks；　and　their　ravagings　in　Preussen　lately。
  〃It　is　one　of　their　smallest　doings　that　they　robbed　a　Saxon　Clergyman　＇name　and　circumstances　can　be　given　if　required）；　three　times　over；　on　the　public　Highway；　shot　at　him；　tied　him　to　a　horse's　tail　and　dragged　him　along　with　them；　so　that　he　is　now　lying　ill；　in　danger　of　his　life。　On　the　whole；　it　is　our　beloved　Pastors；　Clergymen　most　of　all；　that　have　been　plundered　of　everything　they　had。
  〃Balgart　and　Zschieplitz；　both　Villages　half　a　league　from　this；　have　likewise　been　heavily　plundered；　they　have　even　left　the　Parson　nothing　but　what　he　wore　on　his　back。　Grost；〃　another　Rossbach　place；　〃which　belongs　to　the　Kammerjunker　Heldorf；　has　likewise〃　。。。　OHE；　SATIS！〃All　this　happened　between　the　23d　and　3lst　October；　consequently　before　the　Battle。　。。。　In　many　Villages　you　see　the　trees　and　fields　sprinkled　with　feathers　from　the　beds　that　have　been　slit　up。
  〃In　several　Villages　belonging　to　the　Royal　Electoral　privy　Councillor　von　Bruhl　＇who　is　properly　the　fountain　of　all　this　and　of　much　other　misery　to　us；　if　we　knew　it！＇　the　plundering　likewise　ha