towski！　The　south　bank　of　the　River　is　ours；　but　there　are　various　Prussian　batteries；　three　of　them　very　strong；　along　the　north　bank；　which　will　not　fail　to　pelt　us　terribly　as　we　pass。　No　help　for　it；we　must　trust　in　luck！　Here　is　the　sequel；　with　dates　adjusted。
  ELBE　RIVER；　NIGHT　OF　OCTOBER　8th…9th。　Friday　night；　accordingly；　so　soon　as　Darkness　（unusually　dark　this　night）　has　dropt　her　veil　on　the　business；　Rutowski　sets　forth。　The　Prussian　battery；　or　bridge…　head　（TETE…DE…PONT）；　at　Pirna；　has　not　noticed　him；　so　silent　was　he。　But；　alas；　the　other　batteries　do　not　fail　to　notice；　to　give　fire；　and；　in　fact；　on　being　answered；　and　finding　it　a　serious　thing；　to　burst　out　into　horrible　explosion；　unanswerable　by　the　Saxon　field…pieces；　and　surely　perilous　to　human　nature　steering　and　towing　those　big　River…Boats。　〃Loyal　to　our　King；　and　full　of　pity　for　him；　that　are　we；〃but　towing　at　a　rate；　say　of　two　shillings　per　head！　Before　long；　the　forty　towing　peasants　fling　down　their　ropes；　first　one；　then　more；　then　all；　in　spite　of　efforts；　promises；　menaces；　and　vanish　among　the　thickets；　forfeiting　the　two　shillings；　on　view　of　imminent　death。　Soldiers　take　the　towing…ropes；　try　to　continue　it　a　little；　but　now　the　steersmen　also　manage　to　call　halt：　〃We　won't！　Let　us　out；　let　us　out！　We　will　steer　you　aground　on　the　Prussian　shore　if　you　don't！〃　making　night　hideous。　And　the　towing　enterprise　breaks　down　for　that　bout；　double　barges　mooring　on　the　Saxon　shore；　I　know　not　precisely　at　what　point；　nor　is　it　material。
  SATURDAY　NIGHT；　OCTOBER　9th…10th）　New　boatmen；　forty　new　towmen　have　been　hired　at　immense　increase　of　wages；　say　four　shillings　for　the　night：　but　have　you　much　good　probability；　my　General；　that　even　for　that　high　guerdon　imminence　of　death　can　be　made　indifferent　to　towmen？　No；　you　have　n't。　The　matter　goes　this　night　precisely　as　it　did　last：　towmen　vanishing　in　the　horrible　cannon　tumult；　steersmen　shrieking；　〃We　will　ground　you　on　the　Prussian　shore；〃　very　soldiers　obliged　to　give　it　up；　and　General　Rutowski　himself　obliged　to　wash　his　hands　of　it；　as　a　thing　that　cannot　be　done。　In　fact；　a　thing　which　need　not　have　been　tried；　had　Rutowski　been　rigorously　candid　with　himself　and　his　hopes；　as　the　facts　now　prove　to　be。　〃Twenty…four　hours　lost　by　this　bad　business〃　（says　he；　〃thirty…six；〃　as　I　count；　or；　to　take　it　rigorously；　〃forty…　eight〃　even）：　and　now；　Sunday　morning　instead　of　Friday；　at　what；　in　sad　truth；　is　metaphorically　〃the　eleventh　hour；〃　Rutowski　has　to　bethink　him　of　his　copper　pontoons；　and　make　the　impossible　carting　method　possible　in　a　day's　time；　or　do　worse。
  SUNDAY；　MONDAY；　OCTOBER　10th…11th；　By　unheard…of　exertions；　all　hands　and　all　spent…horses　now　at　a　dead…lift　effort　night　and　day；　Rutowski　does　get　his　pontoons　carted　out　of　the　Pirna　storehouse；　lands　them　at　Thurmsdorf；opposite　the　Lilienstein；a　mile　or　so　short　of　Konigstein；　where　his　Bridge　shall　be。　It　is　now　the　11th；　at　night。　And　our　pontoons　are　got　to　the　ground；　nothing　more。　Every　man　of　us；　at　this　hour；　should　have　been　across；　and　trimming　himself　to　climb；　with　bayonet　fixed！　Browne　is　ready；　expecting　our　signal…shot　to　storm　in　on　his　side。　And　our　bridge　is　not　built；　only　the　pontoons　here。　〃All　things　went　perverse；〃　adds　Rutowski；　for　farther　comfort：　〃we　＇Saxon　Home…Army＇　had　with　us；　except　Officers；　only　Four　Pontoniers；　or　trained　Bridge…　builders；　all　the　rest　are　at　Warsaw：〃　sad　thought；　but　too　late　to　think　it！
  TUESDAY；　TILL　WEDNESDAY　EARLY　（12th…13th）；　Bridge；　the　Four　Pontoniers；　with　Officers　and　numb　soldiers　doing　their　best；　is　got　built；Browne　waiting　for　us；　on　thorns；　all　day；　Prussians　extensively　beginning　to　strengthen　their　posts；　about　the　Lilienstein；　about　Lichtenhayn；　or　where　risk　is；　and　in　fact　pouring　across　to　that　northern　side；　quite　aware　of　Rutowski　and　Browne。
  That　same　night；　12th…13th；　while　the　Bridge　was　struggling　to　complete　itself；rain　now　falling；　and　tempests　broken　out；the　Saxon　Army；　from　Pirna　down　to　Hennersdorf；　had　lifted　itself　from　its　Lines；　and　got　under　way　towards　Thurmsdorf；　and　the　crossing…　place。　Dark　night；　plunging　rain；　all　the　elements　in　uproar。　The　worst　roads　in　Nature；　now　champed　doubly；　〃such　roads　as　never　any　Army　marched　on　before。〃　Most　of　their　cannon　are　left　standing；　a　few　they　had　tried　to　yoke；　broke　down；　〃and　choked　up　the　narrow　road　altogether；　so　that　the　cavalry　had　to　dismount；　and　lead　their　horses　by　side…paths；〃figure　what　side…paths！　Distance　to　Thurmsdorf；　from　any　point　of　the　Saxon　Lines；　cannot　be　above　six　miles：　but　it　takes　them　all　that　night　and　all　next　day。　Such　a　march　as　might　fill　the　heart　with　pity。　Oh；　ye　Rutowskis；　Bruhls；　though　never　so　decorated　by　twelve　tailors；　what　a　sight　ye　are　at　the　head　of　men！　Dark　night；　wild　raging　weather；　labyrinthic　roads　worn　knee…deep。　It　is　broad　daylight；　Wednesday；　13th；　and　only　the　vanguard　is　yet　got　across；　trailing　a　couple　of　cannons；　and　splashes　about；　endeavoring　to　take　rank　there；　in　spite　of　wet　and　hunger；　rain　still　pouring；　wind　very　high。
  Nothing　of　Browne　comes；　this　Wednesday；　but　from　the　opposite　Gross…Sedlitz　and　Gottleube　side；　the　Prussians　are　coming。　This　morning；　at　daylight；　struck　by　symptoms；　〃the　Prussians　mounted　our　empty　redoubts：〃　they　are　now　in　full　chase　of　us；　Ziethen　with　Hussars　as　vanguard。　A　difficult　bit　of　marching；　even　Ziethen　and　his　light　people　find　it；　sprawling　forward；　at　their　cheeriest；　with　daylight　to　help；　and　in　chase；　not　chased；　through　such　intricacies　of　rock　and　mud。　Ziethen's　company　did　not　assist　the　Saxons！　They　wheel　round；　show　fight；　and　there　is　volleying　and　bickering　all　day；　the　Saxon　march　getting　ever　more　perturbed。　Nearly　all　the　baggage　has　to　be　left。　Ziethen　takes　into　the　woods　near　Thurmsdorf；　giving　fire　as　the　poor　wet　Saxons；　now　much　in　a　pell…mell　condition；　pass　to　their　Bridge。　＇PRUSSIAN　ACCOUNT　（in　　Gesammelte　Nachrichten）；　　i。　852。＇　Heavier　Prussians　are　striding　on　to　rear；　these；　from　some　final　hill…top；　do　at　last　belch　out　two　cannon…shots：　figure　the　confusion　at　that　Bridge；　the　speed　now　becoming　delirious　there！　Towards　evening；　rain　still　violent；　the　Saxons；　baggageless；　and　rushing　quite　pell…mell　the　latter　part　of　them；　are　mostly　across；　still　countable　to　14；000　or　so；upon　which　they　cut　their　Bridge　adrift；　and　let　the　river　take　it。　At　Raden；　a　few　miles　lower；　the　Prussians　fished　it　out；　rebuilt　it　more　deliberately；and　we　shall　find　it　there　anon。　This　day　Friedrich；　hearing　what　is　afoot；　has　returned　in　person　from　the　Lobositz　Country；　takes　Struppen　as　his　head…quarter；　which　was　lately　the　Polish　Majesty's。
  From　Browne　there　has　nothing　come　this　Wednesday；　but　to…morrow　morning　at　seven　there　comes　a　Letter　from　him；　written　this　night　at　ten；　to　the　effect：
  〃HEAD…QUARTER；　LICHTENHAYN；　Wednesday；　October　13th；　10　P。M。　〃EXCELLENZ；Have　＇omitting　the　I＇　waited　here　at　Lichtenhayn　since　Tuesday；　expecting　your　signal…cannon；　hearing　nothing　of　it；　conclude　you　have　by　misfortune　not　been　able　to　get　across；　and　that　the　Enterprise　is　up。　My　own　position　being　dangerous　＇Prussians　of　double　my　strength　intrenched　within　few　miles　of　me＇；　I　turn　homewards　to…morrow　at　nine　A。M。：　ready　for　whatever　occurs　TILL　then；　and　sorrowfully　say　adieu；〃　＇PRECIS　（ut　supra）；　p。　493；　　Helden…Geschichte；　　iii。　940；　&c。＇
  Dreadful　weather　for　Browne　in　his　bivouac；　and　wearisome　waiting；　with　Prussians　and　perils　accumulating　on　him！　Browne　was　ill　of　lungs；　coughing　much；　lodging；　in　these　violent　tempests；　on　the　cold　ground。　A　right　valiant　soldier　and　man；　as　does　appear；　the　flower　of　all　the　Irish　Brownes　（though　they　have　quite　forgotten　him　in　our　time）；　and　of　all　those　Irish　Exiles　then　tragically　spending　themselves　in　Austrian　quarrels！　〃You　saw　the　great　man；〃　says　one　who　seems　to　have　been　present；　〃how　he　sacrificed　himself　to　this　Enterprise。　What　Austrian　Field…marshal　but　himself　would　ever　have　lowered　his　loftiness　to　lead；　in　person；　so　insignificant　a　Detachment；　merely　for　the　public　good！　I　have　seen　staff…officers；　distinguished　only　by　their　sasheries　and　insignia；　who　would　not　have　stirred　to　inspect　a　vedette　without　250　men。　Our　Field…marshal　was　of　another　turn。　Sharing　with　his　troops　all　the　hardships；　none　excepted；　of　these　critical　days；　and　in　spite　of　a　violent　cough；　which　often　brought　the　visible　blood　from　his　lungs；　and　had　quite　worn　him　down；　exposing　himself；　like　the　meanest　of　the　Army；　to　the　tempests　of　rainy　weather。　Think　what　a　sight　it　was；　going　to　your　very　heart；　and　summoning　you　to　endurance　of　every　hardship；that　evening　＇not　said　which＇；　when　the　Field…marshal；　worn　out　with　his　fatigues　and　his　disorder；　sank　out　of　fainting…fits　into　a　sleep！　The　ground　was　his　bed；　and　the　storm　of　clouds　his　coverlid。　In　crowds　his　brave　war…comrades　gathered　round；　stripped　their　cloaks；　their　coats；　and　strove　in　noble　rivalry　which　of　them　should　have　the　happiness　to　screen　the　Father　of　the　Army　at　their　own　cost　of　exposure；　and　by　any　device　keep　the　pelting　of　the　weather　from　that　loved　head！〃　＇Cogniazzo；　　Gestandnisse　eines　OEsterreichischen　Vet