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History 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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