Wied is to do the Ludwigsdorf-Leuthmannsdorf part; Mollendorf, the Burkersdorf.

The strength of guns in these places, especially on Burkersdorf,--we know Daun's habit in that particular; and need say nothing.

Man-devouring batteries, abatis; battalions palisaded to the teeth, 'the pales strong as masts, and room only for a musket-barrel between;' nay, they are 'furnished with a lath or cross-strap all along, for resting your gun-barrel on and taking aim:'-- so careful is Daun.

The ground itself is intricate, in parts impracticably steep; everywhere full of bushes, gnarls and impediments.

Seldom was there such a problem altogether! Friedrich's position, as we say, is Kunzendorf Heights, with Schweidnitz and his old ground of Bunzelwitz to rear, Czernichef and others lying there, and Wurben and the old Villages and Heights again occupied as posts:--what a tale of Egyptian bricks has one to bake, your Majesty, on certain fields of this world; and with such insufficiency of raw-material sometimes!" By the 16th of July, Friedrich's plans are complete.