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

CHAPTER V
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[_OEuvres de Frederic,_ iv.

137.] No, they would n't: they merely hustled themselves round so as to face him; face him, and even flank him with cannon-batteries if he came too near.

Steep ground, "precipitous front of rocks," in some places.

"A hollow before their front; Village of Wittgenau there, and three roads through it, ONE of them with width for wheels;" Daun sitting inaccessible, in short.

Next day, Winterfeld, with a detached Division, crossed the Neisse, tried Nadasti: "Attack Nadasti, on his woody knoll at Hirschfeld yonder; they will have to rise and save him!" In vain, that too; they let Nadasti take his own luck: for four days (16th-20th August) everything was tried, in vain.
No Battle to be had from these Austrians.


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