[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) CHAPTER IV 19/52
At 2 A.M.Friedrich will be on foot again, at 3 on march again .-- The last phenomenon, at Bischofsee this night, is some sudden glare of disastrous light rising over the woods:--"Russians burning Kunersdorf!" as neighbors are sorry to hear.
That is the finale of much Russian rearranging and tumbling, this day; that barbarous burning of Kunersdorf, before going to bed.
To-morrow various other poor Villages got burnt by them, which they had better have left standing. The Russians, on hearing that Friedrich was across at Goritz, and coming on them from the north side, not from Frankfurt by the Reppen Highway, were in great agitation.
Not thrown into terror, but into manifold haste, knowing what hasty adversary there was.
Endless readjustments they have to make; a day of tumultuous business with the Russians, this Saturday, 11th, when the news reached them.
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