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History of Friedrich II. of Prussia
Vol. XVII. (of XXI.)

CHAPTER VII
19/27

Bruhl and Majesty can only answer: "Well-a-day; it must be so, then!"-- Winterfeld, Prussian Commander hereabouts, grants Armistice, grants liberal "wagon-loads of bread" first of all; terms of Capitulation to be settled at Struppen to-morrow.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th, Rutowski goes across to Struppen, the late Saxon head-quarter, now Friedrich's;--Friday gone a fortnight was the day of Lobositz.

Winterfeld and he are the negotiators there; Friedrich ratifying or refusing by marginal remarks.

The terms granted are hard enough: but they must be accepted.

First preliminary of all terms has already been accepted: a gift of bread to these poor Saxons; their haversacks are empty, their cartridge-boxes drowned; it has rained on them three days and nights.

Last upshot of all terms is still well known to everybody: That the 14,000 Saxons are compelled to become Prussian, and "forced to volunteer"! That had been Friedrich's determination, and reading of his rights in the matter, now that hard had come to hard.


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