ain, Friedrich hopeful to cut off his bread, and
drive him quite through the Hills, and home again--are not permitted us.
No human intellect in our day could busy itself with understanding these
thousand-fold marchings, manoeuvrings, assaults, surprisals, sudden
facings-about (retreat changed to advance); nor could the powerfulest
human memory, not exclusively devoted to study the Art Military under
Friedrich, remember them when understood. For soldiers, desirous not
to be sham-soldiers, they are a recommendable exercise; for them I do
advise Tempelhof and the excellent German Narratives and Records. But in
regard to others--A sample has been given: multiply that by the ten, by
the threescore and ten; let the ingenuous imagination get from it what
will suffice. Our first duty here to poor readers, is to elicit from
that sea of small things the fractions which are cardinal, or which give
human physiognomy and memorability to it; and carefully suppress all the
rest.

Understand, then, that there is a general going-back on the Austrian and
Russian part. Czernichef we already saw at once retire over the Oder.
Soltikof bodily, the second day after, deaf to Montalembert, lifts
himself to rearward; takes post behind bogs and bushy grounds more and
more inaccessible; ["August 18th, to Trebnitz, on the road to
Militsch" (Tempelhof, iv. 167).] followed by Prince Henri with his best
impressiveness for a week longer, till he seem sufficiently remote and
peaceably minded: "Making home for Poland, he," thinks the sanguine
King; "leave Goltz with 12,000 to watch him. The rest of the Army over
hither!" Which is done, August 27th; General Forcade taking charge,
instead of Henri,--who is gone, that day or next, to Breslau, for his
health's sake. "Prince Henri really ill," say some; "Not so ill, but in
the sulks," say others:--partly true, both theories, it is now thought;
impossible to settle in what degree true. Evident it is, Henri sat
quiescent in Breslau, following regimen, in more or less pathetic humor,
for two or three months to come; went afterwards to Glogau, and had
private theatricals; and was no more heard of in this Campaign. Greatly
to his Brother's loss and regret; who is often longing for "your
recovery" (and return hither), to no purpose.

Soltikof does, in his heart, intend for Poland; but has to see the Siege
of Colberg finish first; and, in decency even to the Austrians, would
linger a little: "Willing I always, if o