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

CHAPTER I
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Magazines all filled; Enemy all galloping for Prag:--Daun himself, who is sitting vigilant, far in the interior, at Jaromirtz this month past, was thrown into huge flurry, for some days! Speedy Henri (almost on the one condition of BEING speedy) had his own will of the Magazines: burnt, Hulsen and he, 'about 600,000 pounds worth' of Austrian provender in those parts, 'what would have kept 50,000 men five months in bread' (not to mention hay at all); gave the Enemy sore slaps (caught about 3,000 of him, NOT yet got on gallop for Prag); burnt his 200 boats on the Elbe:--forced him to begin anew at the beginning; and did, in effect, considerably lame and retard certain of his operations through the Summer.

Speedy Henri marched for home April 20th; and was all across the Mountains April 23d: a profitable swift nine days." [Tempelhof iii.

47-53; _Helden-Geschichte,_ v.

963-966.]--And on the sixth day hence he will have something similar, and still more important, on foot.

A swift man, when he must! BREAKAGE FOURTH: INTO MAHREN (APRIL 16th-21st).


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