[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) CHAPTER V 3/33
[Anonymous, _Histoire de la Derniere Guerre de Boheme_ (a Francfort, 1745-1747, 4 tomes), i.190.A lively succinct little Book, vague not false; still readable, though not now, as then, with complete intelligence, to the unprepared reader.
Said, in Dictionaries, to be by Mauvillon PERE, though it resembles nothing else of his that is known to me.]' Neipperg's, our only Army in the world, is hundreds of miles away, countermarching and manoeuvring about Woitz, and Neisse Town and River,--pretty sure to be beaten in the end,--and it is high time there were a Silesian bargain had, if Hyndford can get us any. DRESDEN, SEPTEMBER 19th (Excellency Hyndford just recovering from his colic, in Breslau), Kur-Sachsen, after many waverings, signs Treaty of Copartnery with France and Bavaria, seduced by "that Moravia," and the ticklings of Belleisle acting on a weak mind.
[Adelung, ii.
469, 304, 503.] His troops are 20,000, or rather more; said to be of good quality, and well equipped.
In February last we saw him engaged in Russian, Anti-Prussian Partition schemes.
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