History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12Volume 12 — Introductory materialReading editionChapter navigation41 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Introductory materialChapter 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 (successively from Berlin,—somewhat abridged.)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.Chapter VIII · — PHENOMENA IN PETERSBURG.Chapter IX · — FRIEDRICH RETURNS TO SILESIA.SKIRMISH OF BAUMGARTEN, 27th FEBRUARY, 1741.ASPECTS OF BRESLAU.AUSTRIA IS STANDING TO ARMS.THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS.FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD, WITH SOME POMP; GOES INTO THE MOUNTAINS,—BUT COMES FAST BACK.Chapter X · — BATTLE OF MOLLWITZ.OF FRIEDRICH'S DISAPPEARANCE INTO FAIRYLAND, IN THE INTERIM; AND OF MAUPERTUIS'S SIMILAR ADVENTURE.Chapter XI · — THE BURSTING FORTH OF BEDLAMS: BELLEISLE AND THE BREAKERS OF PRAGMATIC SANCTION.WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR THE AUSTRIAN-SUCCESSION WAR?HOW BELLEISLE MADE VISIT TO TEUTSCHLAND; AND THERE WAS NO FIT HENRY THE FOWLER TO WELCOME HIM.DOWNBREAK OF PRAGMATIC SANCTION; MANNER OF THE CHIEF ARTISTS IN HANDLING THEIR COVENANTS.CONCERNING THE IMPERIAL ELECTION (Kaiserwahl) THAT IS TO BE: CANDIDATES FOR KAISERSHIP.TEUTSCHLAND TO BE CARVED INTO SOMETHING OF SYMMETRY, SHOULD THE BELLEISLE ENTERPRISES SUCCEED.BELLEISLE ON VISIT TO FRIEDRICH; SEES FRIEDRICH BESIEGE BRIEG, WITH EFFECT.Chapter XII · — SORROWS OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY.No. 1. SNATCH OF PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE BY MR. VINER (19th April, 1741).No. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORIAN ON THE PHENOMENON OF WALPOLE IN ENGLAND.No. 3. OF THE SPANISH WAR, OR THE JENKINS'S-EAR QUESTION.SUCCINCT HISTORY OF THE SPANISH WAR, WHICH BEGAN IN 1739; AND ENDED—WHEN DID IT END?Chapter XIII · — SMALL-WAR: FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR GENERAL INTO NOTICE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Volume 12 / Book 12 — Chapter I · — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA.All chapters and sections (41)Volume 12 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters1Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsHISTORICAL EPOCHS OF SCHLESIEN;—AFTER THE QUADS AND MARCHMEN.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters2Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsFRIEDRICH 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.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters3Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsWHAT BERLIN IS SAYING; WHAT FRIEDRICH IS THINKING.JORDAN TO THE KING (successively from Berlin,—somewhat abridged.)SCHWERIN AT LIEGNITZ; FRIEDRICH HUSHES UP THE GLOGAU PROBLEM, AND STARTS WITH HIS BEST SPEED FOR BRESLAU.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters4Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsKING ENTERS BRESLAW; STAYS THERE, GRACIOUS AND VIGILANT, FOUR DAYS (Jan. 2d-6th, 1741).Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters5Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsFRIEDRICH COMES ACROSS TO OTTMACHAU; SITS THERE, IN SURVEY OF NEISSE, TILL HIS CANNON COME.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters6Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsBROWNE VANISHES IN A SLIGHT FLASH OF FIRE.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters7Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsOF BELLEISLE AND HIS PLANS.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters89Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsSKIRMISH OF BAUMGARTEN, 27th FEBRUARY, 1741.ASPECTS OF BRESLAU.AUSTRIA IS STANDING TO ARMS.THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS.FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD, WITH SOME POMP; GOES INTO THE MOUNTAINS,—BUT COMES FAST BACK.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters10Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsOF FRIEDRICH'S DISAPPEARANCE INTO FAIRYLAND, IN THE INTERIM; AND OF MAUPERTUIS'S SIMILAR ADVENTURE.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters11Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsWHO WAS TO BLAME FOR THE AUSTRIAN-SUCCESSION WAR?HOW BELLEISLE MADE VISIT TO TEUTSCHLAND; AND THERE WAS NO FIT HENRY THE FOWLER TO WELCOME HIM.DOWNBREAK OF PRAGMATIC SANCTION; MANNER OF THE CHIEF ARTISTS IN HANDLING THEIR COVENANTS.CONCERNING THE IMPERIAL ELECTION (Kaiserwahl) THAT IS TO BE: CANDIDATES FOR KAISERSHIP.TEUTSCHLAND TO BE CARVED INTO SOMETHING OF SYMMETRY, SHOULD THE BELLEISLE ENTERPRISES SUCCEED.BELLEISLE ON VISIT TO FRIEDRICH; SEES FRIEDRICH BESIEGE BRIEG, WITH EFFECT.Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters12Volume 12 / Book 12 · Other sectionsNo. 1. SNATCH OF PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE BY MR. VINER (19th April, 1741).No. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORIAN ON THE PHENOMENON OF WALPOLE IN ENGLAND.No. 3. OF THE SPANISH WAR, OR THE JENKINS'S-EAR QUESTION.SUCCINCT HISTORY OF THE SPANISH WAR, WHICH BEGAN IN 1739; AND ENDED—WHEN DID IT END?Volume 12 / Book 12 · Chapters13Chapter XIII. — SMALL-WAR: FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR GENERAL INTO NOTICE.◇Chapter I. — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA. →