[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) CHAPTER IV 6/26
61 et seq.
(or Tempelhof's Translation, i.
151-164); Tempelhof's own Account is, i.
179-196; Retzow's, i. 120-149 (fewer errors of detail than usual); Kutzen, _Der Tag von Kolin_ (Breslau, 1857), a useful little compilation from many sources.
Very incorrect most of the common accounts are; Kausler's _ Schlachten,_ Jomini, and the like.] Marches through Planian in two columns, along the Kolin Highway and to north of it; marches on, four or five miles farther, nothing visible but the skirts of retiring Pandours,--"Daun's rear-guard probably ?"--Friedrich himself is with Ziethen, who has the vanguard, as Friedrich's wont is, eagerly enough looking out; reaches a certain Inn on the wayside (WIRTHSHAUS "of Slatislunz or GOLDEN-SUN," say the Modern Books,--though I am driven to think it Novomiesto, nearer Planian; but will not quarrel on the subject); Inn of good height for one thing; and there, mounting to the top-story or perhaps the leads, descries Daun, stretching far and wide, leant against the Kamhayek, in the summer morning.
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