HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II OF PRUSSIA
FREDERICK THE GREAT
By Thomas Carlyle
Volume XII.
Contents
BOOK XII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. —
December, 1740-May, 1741.
Chapter I. — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA.
Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH MARCHES ON GLOGAU.
Chapter III. — PROBLEM OF GLOGAU.
Chapter IV. — BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE.
Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH PUSHES FORWARD TOWARDS BRIEG AND NEISSE.
Chapter VI. — NEISSE IS BOMBARDED.
Chapter VII. — AT VERSAILLES, THE MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY CHANGES HIS SHIRT, AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS.
Chapter VIII. — PHENOMENA IN PETERSBURG.
Chapter IX. — FRIEDRICH RETURNS TO SILESIA.
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December, 1740-May, 1741.
Chapter I. — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA.
Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH MARCHES ON GLOGAU.
FRIEDRICH AT CROSSEN, AND STILL IN HIS OWN TERRITORY, 14th-16th DECEMBER;—STEPS INTO SCHLESIEN.
WHAT GLOGAU, AND THE GOVERNMENT AT BRESLAU, DID UPON IT.
MARCH TO WEICHAU (SATURDAY, 17th, AND STAY SUNDAY THERE); TO MILKAU (MONDAY, 19th); GET TO HERRENDORF, WITHIN SIGHT OF GLOGAU, DECEMBER 22d.
WHAT GLOGAU, AND THE GOVERNMENT AT BRESLAU, DID UPON IT.
MARCH TO WEICHAU (SATURDAY, 17th, AND STAY SUNDAY THERE); TO MILKAU (MONDAY, 19th); GET TO HERRENDORF, WITHIN SIGHT OF GLOGAU, DECEMBER 22d.
Chapter III. — PROBLEM OF GLOGAU.
WHAT BERLIN IS SAYING; WHAT FRIEDRICH IS THINKING.
JORDAN TO THE KING
SCHWERIN AT LIEGNITZ; FRIEDRICH HUSHES UP THE GLOGAU PROBLEM, AND STARTS WITH HIS BEST SPEED FOR BRESLAU.
JORDAN TO THE KING
SCHWERIN AT LIEGNITZ; FRIEDRICH HUSHES UP THE GLOGAU PROBLEM, AND STARTS WITH HIS BEST SPEED FOR BRESLAU.
Chapter IV. — BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE.
Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH PUSHES FORWARD TOWARDS BRIEG AND NEISSE.
Chapter VI. — NEISSE IS BOMBARDED.
Chapter VII. — AT VERSAILLES, THE MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY CHANGES HIS SHIRT, AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS.
Chapter VIII. — PHENOMENA IN PETERSBURG.
Chapter IX. — FRIEDRICH RETURNS TO SILESIA.
SKIRMISH OF BAUMGARTEN, 27th FEBRUARY, 1741.
ASPECTS OF BRESLAU.
AUSTRIA IS STANDING TO ARMS.
THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS.
FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD, WITH SOME POMP; GOES INTO THE MOUNTAINS,—BUT COMES FAST BACK.
ASPECTS OF BRESLAU.
AUSTRIA IS STANDING TO ARMS.
THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS.
FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD, WITH SOME POMP; GOES INTO THE MOUNTAINS,—BUT COMES FAST BACK.
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