talion　Margraf…Karl　stood　with　invincible　stubbornness；　pouring　death　from　it；　not　to　be　compulsed　by　the　raging　tide　of　Austrian　grenadiers；　not　by　〃six　Austrian　battalions；〃　by　〃eight；〃　or　by　never　so　many。　Stood　at　bay　there；　levelling　whole　masses　of　them；till　its　cartridges　were　spent；　all　to　one　or　two　per　man；　and　Major　Lange；　the　heroic　Captain　of　it；　said；　〃We　shall　have　to　go；　then；　my　men；　let　us　cut　ourselves　through！〃and　did　so；　in　an　honorably　invincible　manner；　some　brave　remnant　actually　getting　through；　with　Lange　himself　wounded　to　death。
  I　think　it　was　not　till　towards　six　o'clock　that　the　right　wing　generally　became　aware　what　the　case　was：　〃More　than　a　Pandourade；　yes；〃though　what　it　might　be；　in　the　thick　fog　which　had　fallen；　blotting　out　all　vestiges　of　daylight；　nobody　could　well　say。　Rallied　Battalions；　reinforced　by　this　or　the　other　Battalion　hurrying　up　from　leftward；　always　charge　in　upon　the　enemy；　in　Hochkirch　or　wherever　he　is　busy；　generally　push　him　back　into　the　Night；　but　are　then　fallen　upon　on　both　flanks　by　endless　new　strength；　and　obliged　to　draw　back　in　turn。　And　Ziethen's　Horse；　in　the　mean　while；　do　execution；　breaking　in　on　the　tumultuous　victors；　new　Cuirassiers；　Gens…d'Armes　dashing　up　to　help；　so　soon　as　saddled；　and　charging　with　a　will：　so　that；　on　the　whole；　the　enemy；　variously　attempting；　could　make　nothing　of　us　on　that　western；　or　rearward　side；thanks　mainly　to　Ziethen　and　the　Horse。　〃Had　we　but　waited　till　three　or　four　of　our　Battalions　had　got　up！〃　say　the　Prussian　narrators。　But　it　is　thick　mist；　few　yards　ahead　you　cannot　see　at　all；　unless　it　be　flame；　and　close　at　hand；　all　things　and　figures　waver　indistinct；hairy　outlines　of　blacker　shadows　on　a　ground　of　black。
  It　must　have　been　while　Lange　was　still　fighting；　perhaps　before　Lange　took　to　the　Church　of　Hochkirch；　scarcely　later　than　half…　past　six　（but　nobody　thought　of　pulling　out　his　watch　in　such　a　business！）about　six；　or　half…past　six；　when　Keith；　who　has　charge　of　this　wing；　and　lodges　somewhere　below　or　north　of　Hochkirch；　came　to　understand　that　his　big　Battery　was　taken；　that　here　was　such　a　Pandourade　as　had　not　been　before；　and　that；　of　a　surety；　said　Battery　must　be　retaken。　Keith　springs　on　horseback；　hastily　takes　〃Battalion　Kannacker〃　and　several　remnants　of　others；　rushes　upwards；　〃leaving　Hochkirch　a　little　to　right；　direct　upon　the　big　Battery。〃　Recaptures　the　big　Battery。　But　is　set　upon　by　overwhelming　multitudes；　bent　to　have　it　back；is　passionate　for　new　assistance　in　this　vital　point；　but　can　get　none：　had　been　〃DISARTED　by　both　his　Aide…de…camps；〃　says　poor　John　Tebay；　a　wandering　English　horse…soldier；　who　attends　him　as　mounted　groom；　〃asked　twenty　times；　and　twenty　more；　'Where　are　my　Aide…de…　camps！'〃　＇〃Captens　Cockcey　and　Goudy〃　he　calls　them（COCCEJI　whose　Father　the　Kanzler　we　have　seen；　and　GAUDI　whose　self）；who　both　had；　in　succession；　struck　into　Hochkirch　as　the　less　desperate　place；　according　to　Tebay：　see　TEBAY'S　LETTER　to　Mitchell；　〃Crossen；　October　29th〃　（in　MEMOIRS　AND　PAPERS；　ii。　501…505）；　which　is　probably　true　every　word；　allowing　for　Tebay's　temper；　but　is　highly　indecipherable；　though　not　entirely　so　after　many　readings　and　researehings。＇but　could　get　no　response　or　reinforcement；　and　at　length；　quite　surrounded　and　overwhelmed；　had　to　retire；　opening　his　way　by　the　bayonet；　and　before　long；　suddenly　stopping　short；falling　dead　into　Tebay's　arms；　shot　through　the　heart。　Two　shots　on　the　right　side　he　had　not　regarded；　but　this　on　the　left　side　was　final：　Keith's　fightings　are　suddenly　all　done。　Tebay；　in　distraction；　tried　much　to　bring　away　the　body；　but　could　by　no　present　means；　distractedly　〃rid　for　a　coach；〃　found；　on　return；　that　the　Austrians　had　the　ground；　and　the　body　of　his　master；　Hochkirch；　Church　and　all；　now　undisputedly　theirs。
  To　appearance；　it　was　this　news　of　Keith's　repulse　（I　know　not　whether　of　Keith's　DEATH　as　yet）　that　first　roused　Friedrich　to　a　full　sense　of　what　was　now　going　on；　two　miles　to　south　of　him。　Friedrich；　according　to　his　habits；　must　have　been　awake　and　afoot　when　the　Business　first　broke　out；　though；　for　some　considerable　time；　treating　it　as　nothing　but　a　common　crackery　of　Pandours。　Already；　finding　the　Pandourade　louder　than　usual；　he　had　ordered　out　to　it　one　battalion　and　the　other　that　lay　handy：　but　now　he　pushes　forward　several　battalions　under　Franz　of　Brunswick　（his　youngest　Brother…in…law）；　with　Margraf　Karl　and　Prince　Moritz：　〃Swift　you；　to　Hochkirch　yonder！〃and　himself　springs　on　horseback　to　deal　with　the　affair。　Prince　Franz　of　Brunswick；　poor　young　fellow；　cheerily　coming　on；　near　Hochkirch　had　his　head　shorn　off　by　a　cannon…ball。　Moritz　of　Dessau；　too；　〃riding　within　twenty　yards　of　the　Austrians；〃　so　dark　was　it；　he　so　near…sighted；　got　badly　hit；and　soon　after；　driving　to　Bautzen　for　surgery；　was　made　prisoner　by　Pandours；　＇In　ARCHENHOLTZ　（i。　289；　290）　his　dangerous　adventures　on　the　road　to　Bautzen；　in　this　wounded　condition。＇　never　fought　again；　〃died　next　year　of　cancer　in　the　lip。〃　Nothing　but　triumphant　Austrian　shot　and　cannon…shot　going　yonder；　these　battalions　too　have　to　fall　back　with　sore　loss。
  Friedrich　himself；　by　this　time；　is　forward　in　the　thick　of　the　tumult；　with　another　body　of　battalions；　storming　furiously　along；　has　his　horse　shot　under　him；　storms　through；　〃successfully；　by　the　other　side　of　Hochkirch〃　（Hochkirch　to　his　left）：but　finds；　as　the　mist　gradually　sinks；　a　ring　of　Austrians　massed　ahead；　on　the
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  Heights；　as　far　as　Steindorfel　and　farther；　a　general　continent　of　Austrians　enclosing　all　the　south　and　southwest；　and；　in　fact；　that　here　is　now　nothing　to　be　done。　That　the　question　of　his　flank　is　settled；　that　the　question　now　is　of　his　front；　which　the　appointed　Austrian　parties　are　now　upon　attacking。　Question　especially　of　the　Heights　of　Drehsa；　and　of　the　Pass　and　Brook　of　Drehsa　（rearward　of　his　centre　part）；　where　his　one　retreat　will　lie；　Steindorfel　being　now　lost。　Part　first　of　the　Affair　is　ended；　Part　second　of　it　begins。
  Rapidly　enough　Friedrich　takes　his　new　measures。　Seizes　Drehsa　Height；　which　will　now　be　key　of　the　field；　despatches　Mollendorf　thither　（Mollendorf　our　courageous　Leuthen　friend）；　who　vigorously　bestirs　himself；　gets　hold　of　Drehsa　Height　before　the　enemy　can；　Ziethen　co…operating　on　the　Heights　of　Kumschutz；　Canitz　and　other　points　of　vantage。　And　thus；　in　effect；　Friedrich　pulls　up　his　torn　right　skirt　（as　he　is　doing　all　his　other　skirts）　into　new　compact　front　against　the　Austrians：　so　that；　in　that　southwestern　part　especially；　the　Austrians　do　not　try　it　farther；　but　〃retire　at　full　gallop；〃　on　sight　of　this　swift　seizure　of　the　Keys　by　Mollendorf　and　Ziethen。　Friedrich　also　despatches　instant　order　to　Retzow；　to　join　him　at　his　speediest。　Friedrich　everywhere　rearranges　himself；　hither；　thither；　with　skilful　rapidity；　in　new　Line　of　Battle；　still　hopeful　to　dispute　what　is　left　of　the　field；longing　much　that　Retzow　could　come　on　wings。
  By　this　time　（towards　eight；　if　I　might　guess）　Day　has　got　the　upper　hand；　the　Daun　Austrians　stand　visible　on　their　Ring　of　Heights　all　round；　behind　Hochkirch　and　our　late　Battery；　on　to　westward　and　northward；　as　far　as　Steindorfel　and　Waditz；　extremely　busy　rearranging　themselves　into　something　of　line；　there　being　much　confusion；　much　simmering　about　in　clumps　and　gaps；　after　such　a　tussle。　In　front　of　us；　to　eastward；　the　appointed　Austrian　parties　are　proceeding　to　attack：　but　in　daylight；　and　with　our　eyes　open；　it　is　a　thing　of　difficulty；　and　does　not　prosper　as　Hochkirch　did。　Duke　D'Ahremberg；　on　their　extreme　right；　had　in　charge　to　burst　in　upon　our　left；　so　soon　as　he　saw　Hochkirch　done：　D'Ahremberg　does　try；　as　do　others　in　their　places；　near　Daun；　but　with　comparatively　little　success。　D'Ahremberg；　meeting　something　of　check　or　hindrance　where　he　tried；　pauses；　for　a　good　while；　till　he　see　how　others　prosper。　Their　grand　chance　is　their　superiority　of　number；　and　the　fact　that　Friedrich　can　try　nothing　upon　THEM；　but　must　stand　painfully　on　the　defensive　till　Retzow　come。　To　Friedrich；　Retzow　seems　hugely　slow　about　it。　But　the　truth　is；　Baden…Durlach；　with　his　20；000　of　Reserve；　has；　as　per　order；　made　attack　on　Retzow；　20；000　against　12：　one　of　the　feeblest　attacks　conceivable；　but　sufficient　to　detain　Retzow　till　he　get　it　repulsed。　Retzow　is　diligent　as　Time；　and　will　be　here。
  Meanwhile；　the　Austrians　on　front　do；　in　a　sporadic　way；　attack　and　again　attack　our　batteries　and　posts；　especially　that　big　Battery　of　Thirty　Guns；　which　we　have　to　north　of　Rodewitz。　The　Austrians　do　take　that　Battery　at　last；　and　are　beginning　again　to　be　dangerous；the　rather　as　D'Ahremberg　seems　again　to　be　thinking　of　business。　It　is　high　time　Retzow　were　here！　Few　sights　could　be　gladder　to　Friedrich；　than　the　first　glitter　of　Retzow's　vanguard；　horse；　under　Prince　Eugen　of　Wurtemberg；beautifully　wending　down　from　Weissenberg　yonder；　skilfully　posting　themselves；　at　Belgern　and　elsewhere；　as　thorns　in　the　sides　of　D'Ahremberg　（sharp　enough；　on　trial　by　D'Ahremberg）。　Followed；　before　long；　by　Retzow　himself；　serenely　crossing　Lobau　Water；　and；　with　great