You see that I am very much in the position of the king, menaced from two directions.

If I move to attack Contades, Broglio will have Hanover entirely open to him; while if I move against him, Contades will capture Muenster and Osnabrueck and get all my magazines, and might even push on and occupy the town of Hanover, before I could get back.

So you see, I have nothing to do but to wait in this neighbourhood until I see their designs.
"I have some twelve thousand of your countrymen here, and I rely upon them greatly.

We know how they fought at Fontenoy.

Splendid fellows they are.