[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XX. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XX. (of XXI.) CHAPTER X 19/86
In the Army as elsewhere much has gone awry; [See Mollendorf's two or three LETTERS (Preuss, iv.
407-411).] many rivets loose after such a climbing of the Alps as there has been, through dense and rare. It will surprise everybody that Friedrich, with his copper and other resources, actually raised his additional 60,000; and has for himself 70,000 to recover Schweidnitz, and bring Silesia to its old state; 40,000 for Prince Henri and Saxony, with a 10,000 of margin for Sweden and accidental sundries.
This is strange, but it is true.
[Stenzel, v.
297, 286; Tempelhof, vi.
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