e done better.

"About 4 in the afternoon, all the Captains and Battalions, with their
ladders and furnitures, everybody with Instruction very pointed and
complete, are assembled at Kunzendorf: Loudon addresses the Troops in
a few fiery words; assures himself of victory by them; promises them
10,060 pounds in lieu of plunder, which he strictly prohibits. Officers
had better make themselves acquainted with the Four Routes they are
to take in the dark: proper also to set all your watches by the chief
General's, that there be no mistake as to time. [In TEMPELHOF (v.
332-349) and ARCHENHOLTZ (ii. 272-280) all these details.] At 9, all
being now dark, and the Croat girdle having gathered itself closer round
the place since nightfall, the Four Divisions march to their respective
starting-places; will wait there, silent; and about 2 in the morning,
each at its appointed minute, step forward on their business. With fixed
bayonets all of them; no musketry permitted till the works are
won. Loudon will wait at the Village of Schonbrunn [not WARKOTSCH'S
Schonbrunn, of which by and by, and which also is not far [See
ARCHENHOLTZ, ii. 287; and correct his mistake of the two places.]]--at
Schonbrunn, within short distance; give Loudon notice when you are
within 600 yards;--there shall, if desirable, be reinforcements, farther
orders. Loudon knows Schweidnitz like his own bedroom. He was personally
there, in Leuthen time, improving the Works. By nocturnal Croat parties,
in the latter part of Bunzelwitz time; and since then, by deserters and
otherwise,--he knows the condition of the Garrison, of the Commandant,
and of every essential point. Has calculated that the Garrison is hardly
third part of what it ought to be,--3,800 in whole, and many of them
loose deserter fellows; special artillery-men, instead of about 400,
only 191;--most important of all, that Commandant Zastrow is no wizard
in his trade; and, on the whole, that the Enterprise is likely to
succeed.

"Zastrow has been getting married lately; and has many things to
think of, besides Schweidnitz. Some accounts say this was his
wedding-night,--which is not true, but only that he had meant to give a
Ball this last night of September; and perhaps did give it, dancing
over BEFORE 2, let us hope! Something of a jolter-head seemingly, though
solid and honest. I observe he is a kind of butt, or laughing-stock, of
Friedrich's, and has yielded some gleams of momentary fun, he and this