ary 6th;
April 1st, 1744). TWO CONQUESTS FOR PRUSSIA, A GASEOUS AND A SOLID:
CONQUEST FIRST, BARBERINA THE DANCER. CONQUEST SECOND IS OST-FRIESLAND,
OF A SOLID NATURE.

BOOK XV.--SECOND SILESIAN WAR, IMPORTANT EPISODE IN THE GENERAL EUROPEAN
ONE.--15th Aug. 1744-25th Dec. 1745.

Chapter I.--PRELIMINARY: HOW THE MOMENT ARRIVED. PRINCE KARL GETS ACROSS
THE RHINE (20 JUNE-2 JULY, 1744). FRIEDRICH DECIDES TO INTERVENE.

Chapter II.--FRIEDRICH MARCHES UPON PRAG, CAPTURES PRAG.

Chapter III.--FRIEDRICH, DILIGENT IN HIS BOHEMIAN CONQUESTS, UNEXPECTEDLY
COMES UPON PRINCE KARL, WITH NO FRENCH ATTENDING HIM. FRIEDRICH, LEAVING
SMALL GARRISON IN PRAG, RUSHES SWIFTLY UP THE MOLDAU VALLEY, UPON THE
TABOR-BUDWEIS COUNTRY; TO PLEASE HIS FRENCH FRIENDS. THE FRENCH ARE
LITTLE GRATEFUL FOR THE PLEASURE DONE THEM AT SUCH RUINOUS EXPENSE.

Chapter IV.--FRIEDRICH REDUCED TO STRAITS; CANNOT MAINTAIN HIS MOLDAU
CONQUESTS AGAINST PRICE KARL. FRIEDRICH TRIES TO HAVE BATTLE FROM PRINCE
KARL, IN THE MOLDAU COUNTRIES; CANNOT, OWING TO THE SKILL OF PRINCE KARL
OR OF OLD FELDMARSCHALL TRAUN;--HAS TO RETIRE BEHIND THE SAZAWA, AND
ULTIMATELY BEHIND THE ELBE, WITH MUCH LABOR IN VAIN. FRIEDRICH'S
RETREAT; ESPECIALLY EINSIEDEL'S FROM PRAG.

Chapter V.--FRIEDRICH, UNDER DIFFICULTIES, PREPARES FOR A NEW CAMPAIGN.
OLD DESSAUER REPELS THE SILESIAN INVASION (Winter, 1744-45). THE FRENCH
FULLY INTEND TO BEHAVE BETTER NEXT SEASON TO FRIEDRICH AND THEIR GERMAN
ALLIES;--BUT ARE PREVENTED BY VARIOUS ACCIDENTS (November, 1744-April,
1745; April-August, 1745). STRANGE ACCIDENT TO MARECHAL DE BELLEISLE IN
THE HARZ MOUNTAINS (20th December, 1744). THE KAISER KARL VII. GETS
SECURED FROM OPPRESSIONS, IN A TRAGIC WAY. FRIEDRICH PROPOSES PEACE, BUT
TO NO PURPOSE.

Chapter VI.--VALORI GOES ON AN ELECTIONEERING MISSION TO DRESDEN. 1.
FRIEDRICH'S POSITION TOWARDS SAXONY. 2. THERE IS A, "UNION OF WARSAW"
(8th January, 1745); AND STILL MORE SPECIALLY A "TREATY OF WARSAW" (8th
January-18th May, 1745). 3. VALORI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS MISSION (in
compressed form). [Valori, i. 211-219.] MIDDLE-RHINE ARMY IN A
STAGGERING STATE; THE BAVARIAN INTRICACY SETTLES ITSELF, THE WRONG WAY.

Chapter VII.--FRIEDRICH IN SILESIA; UNUSUALLY BUSY. KING FRIEDRICH TO
PODEWILS, IN BERLIN (under various dates, March-April, 1745). FRIEDRICH
TO PODEWILS (as before, April-May, 1745).

Chapter VIII.--THE MARTIAL BOY AND HIS ENGLISH versus THE LAWS OF NATURE.
BATTLE OF FONTENOY (11th May, 1745).