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Chapter VIII.?THE MARTIAL BOY AND HIS ENGLISH versus THE LAWS OF NATURE.
BATTLE OF FONTENOY (11th May, 1745). Chapter IX.?THE AUSTRIAN-SAXON ARMY INVADES SILESIA, ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. Chapter X.?BATTLE OF HOHENFRIEDBERG. Chapter XI.?CAMP OF CHLUM: FRIEDRICH CANNOT ACHIEVE PEACE. CAMP OF DIESKAU: BRITANNIC MAJESTY MAKES PEACE, FOR HIMSELF, WITH FRIEDRICH; BUT CANNOT FOR AUSTRIA OR SAXONY. SCHONBRUNN, 2d AUGUST, 1745, ROBINSON HAS AUDIENCE OF HER HUNGARIAN MAJESTY. GRAND-DUKE FRANZ IS ELECTED KAISER (13TH SEPTEMBER, 1745); FRIEDRICH, THE SEASON AND FORAGE BEING DONE, MAKES FOR SILESIA. Chapter XII.?BATTLE OF SOHR. Chapter XIII.?SAXONY AND AUSTRIA MAKE A SURPRISING LAST ATTEMPT. FRIEDRICH GOES OUT TO MEET HIS THREE-LEGGED MONSTER; CUTS ONE LEG OF IT IN TWO (Fight of Hennersdorf, 23d November, 1745). PRINCE KARL, CUT IN TWO, TUMBLES HOME AGAIN DOUBLE-QUICK. Chapter XIV.?BATTLE OF KESSELSDORF. Chapter XV.?PEACE OF DRESDEN: FRIEDRICH DOES MARCH HOME. |