|
BOOK XII. ? FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. ? December, 1740-May, 1741.
Chapter I. ? OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA. HISTORICAL EPOCHS OF SCHLESIEN;?AFTER THE QUADS AND MARCHMEN. Chapter II. ? FRIEDRICH MARCHES ON GLOGAU. FRIEDRICH AT CROSSEN, AND STILL IN HIS OWN TERRITORY, 14th-16th DECEMBER;?STEPS INTO SCHLESIEN. WHAT GLOGAU, AND THE GOVERNMENT AT BRESLAU, DID UPON IT. MARCH TO WEICHAU (SATURDAY, 17th, AND STAY SUNDAY THERE); TO MILKAU (MONDAY, 19th); GET TO HERRENDORF, WITHIN SIGHT OF GLOGAU, DECEMBER 22d. Chapter III. ? PROBLEM OF GLOGAU. WHAT BERLIN IS SAYING; WHAT FRIEDRICH IS THINKING. JORDAN TO THE KING SCHWERIN AT LIEGNITZ; FRIEDRICH HUSHES UP THE GLOGAU PROBLEM, AND STARTS WITH HIS BEST SPEED FOR BRESLAU. Chapter IV. ? BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE. KING ENTERS BRESLAW; STAYS THERE, GRACIOUS AND VIGILANT, FOUR DAYS (Jan. 2d-6th, 1741). Chapter V. ? FRIEDRICH PUSHES FORWARD TOWARDS BRIEG AND NEISSE. FRIEDRICH COMES ACROSS TO OTTMACHAU; SITS THERE, IN SURVEY OF NEISSE, TILL HIS CANNON COME. Chapter VI. ? NEISSE IS BOMBARDED. BROWNE VANISHES IN A SLIGHT FLASH OF FIRE. Chapter VII. ? AT VERSAILLES, THE MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY CHANGES HIS SHIRT, AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS. OF BELLEISLE AND HIS PLANS. |