History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18FREDERICK THE GREATReading editionChapter navigation38 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…FREDERICK THE GREATChapter I · —THE CAMPAIGN OPENS.REICH'S THUNDER, SLIGHT SURVEY OF IT; WITH QUESTION, WHITHERWARD, IF ANY-WHITHER.FRIEDRICH SUDDENLY MARCHES ON PRAG.Chapter II · —BATTLE OF PRAG.Chapter III · —PRAG CANNOT BE GOT AT ONCE.COLONEL MAYER WITH HIS "FREE-CORPS" PARTY MAKES A VISIT, OF DIDACTIC NATURE, TO THE REICH.OF THE SINGULAR QUASI-BEWITCHED CONDITION OF ENGLAND; AND WHAT IS TO BE HOPED FROM IT FOR THE COMMON CAUSE, IF PRAG GO AMISS.PHENOMENA OF PRAG SIEGE:—PRAG SIEGE IS INTERRUPTED.Chapter IV · —BATTLE OF KOLIN.THE MARIA-THERESA ORDER, NEW KNIGHTHOOD FOR AUSTRIA.Chapter V · —FRIEDRICH AT LEITMERITZ, HIS WORLD OF ENEMIES COMING ON.PRINCE AUGUST WILHELM FINDS A BAD PROBLEM AT JUNG-BUNZLAU; AND DOES IT BADLY: FRIEDRICH THEREUPON HAS TO RISE FROM LEITMERITZ, AND TAKE THE FIELD ELSEWHERE, IN BITTER HASTE AND IMPATIENCE, WITH OUTLOOKS WORSE THAN EVER.Chapter VI · —DEATH OF WINTERFELD.Chapter VII · —FRIEDRICH IN THURINGEN, HIS WORLD OF ENEMIES ALL COME.I. FRIEDRICH'S MARCH TO ERFURT FROM DRESDEN—(31st August-13th September, 1757).II. THE SOUBISE HILDBURGHAUSEN PEOPLE TAKE INTO THE HILLS; FRIEDRICH IN ERFURT NEIGHBORHOOD, HANGING ON, WEEK AFTER WEEK, IN AN AGONY OF INACTION (13th September-10th October).LAMENTATION-PSALMS OF FRIEDRICH.III. RUMOR OF AN INROAD ON BERLIN SUDDENLY SETS FRIEDRICH ON MARCH THITHER: INROAD TAKES EFFECT,—WITH IMPORTANT RESULTS, CHIEFLY IN A LEFT-HAND FORM.SCENE AT REGENSBURG IN THE INTERIM.Chapter VIII · —BATTLE OF ROSSBACH.CATASTROPHE OF DAUPHINESS (Saturday, 5th November, 1757).Chapter IX · —FRIEDRICH MARCHES FOR SILESIA.FRIEDRICH'S SPEECH TO HIS GENERALS (Parchwitz, 3d December, 1757). [FromChapter X · —BATTLE OF LEUTHEN.Chapter XI · —WINTER IN BRESLAU: THIRD CAMPAIGN OPENS.OF THE ENGLISH SUBSIDY.FRIEDRICH, AS INDEED PITT'S PEOPLE AND OTHERS HAVE DONE, TAKES THE FIELD UNCOMMONLY EARLY: FRIEDRICH GOES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ, SCHWEIDNITZ, AS THE PREFACE TO WHATEVER HIS CAMPAIGN MAY BE.Chapter XII · —SIEGE OF OLMUTZ.Chapter XIII · —BATTLE OF ZORNDORF.THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR OVER AGAIN,—THAT IS TO SAY, FRIEDRICH AT HAND-GRIPS WITH FERMOR AND HIS RUSSIANS (25TH AUGUST, 1758).Chapter XIV · —BATTLE OF HOCHKIRCH.DAUN AND THE REICHS ARMY INVADE SAXONY, IN FRIEDRICH'S ABSENCE.FRIEDRICH INTERVENING, DAUN DRAWS BACK; INTRENCHES HIMSELF IN NEIGHBORHOOD TO DRESDEN AND PIRNA; FRIEDRICH FOLLOWING HIM. FOUR ARMIES STANDING THERE, IN DEAD-LOCK, FOR A MONTH; WITH ISSUE, A FLANK-MARCH ON THE PART OF FRIEDRICH'S ARMY, WHICH HALTS AT HOCHWHAT ACTUALLY BEFELL AT HOCHKIRCH (Saturday, 14th October, 1758).SEQUEL OF HOCHKIRCH; THE CAMPAIGN ENDS IN A WAY SURPRISING TO AN ATTENTIVE PUBLIC (22d October-20th November, 1758).FRIEDRICH MARCHES, ENIGMATICALLY, NOT ON GLOGAU, BUT ON REICHENBACH AND GORLITZ; TO DAUN'S ASTONISHMENT.FELDMARSCHALL DAUN AND THE REICHS ARMY TRY SOME SIEGE OF DRESDEN (9th-16th November).Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Book 18 — Chapter I · —THE CAMPAIGN OPENS.All chapters and sections (38)Other sectionsFREDERICK THE GREATBook 18 · Chapters1Book 18 · Other sectionsREICH'S THUNDER, SLIGHT SURVEY OF IT; WITH QUESTION, WHITHERWARD, IF ANY-WHITHER.FRIEDRICH SUDDENLY MARCHES ON PRAG.Book 18 · Chapters23Book 18 · Other sectionsCOLONEL MAYER WITH HIS "FREE-CORPS" PARTY MAKES A VISIT, OF DIDACTIC NATURE, TO THE REICH.OF THE SINGULAR QUASI-BEWITCHED CONDITION OF ENGLAND; AND WHAT IS TO BE HOPED FROM IT FOR THE COMMON CAUSE, IF PRAG GO AMISS.PHENOMENA OF PRAG SIEGE:—PRAG SIEGE IS INTERRUPTED.Book 18 · Chapters4Book 18 · Other sectionsTHE MARIA-THERESA ORDER, NEW KNIGHTHOOD FOR AUSTRIA.Book 18 · Chapters5Book 18 · Other sectionsPRINCE AUGUST WILHELM FINDS A BAD PROBLEM AT JUNG-BUNZLAU; AND DOES IT BADLY: FRIEDRICH THEREUPON HAS TO RISE FROM LEITMERITZ, AND TAKE THE FIELD ELSEWHERE, IN BITTER HASTE AND IMPATIENCE, WITH OUTLOOKS WORSE THAN EVER.Book 18 · Chapters67Book 18 · Other sectionsI. FRIEDRICH'S MARCH TO ERFURT FROM DRESDEN—(31st August-13th September, 1757).II. THE SOUBISE HILDBURGHAUSEN PEOPLE TAKE INTO THE HILLS; FRIEDRICH IN ERFURT NEIGHBORHOOD, HANGING ON, WEEK AFTER WEEK, IN AN AGONY OF INACTION (13th September-10th October).LAMENTATION-PSALMS OF FRIEDRICH.III. RUMOR OF AN INROAD ON BERLIN SUDDENLY SETS FRIEDRICH ON MARCH THITHER: INROAD TAKES EFFECT,—WITH IMPORTANT RESULTS, CHIEFLY IN A LEFT-HAND FORM.SCENE AT REGENSBURG IN THE INTERIM.Book 18 · Chapters8Book 18 · Other sectionsCATASTROPHE OF DAUPHINESS (Saturday, 5th November, 1757).Book 18 · Chapters9Book 18 · Other sectionsFRIEDRICH'S SPEECH TO HIS GENERALS (Parchwitz, 3d December, 1757). [FromBook 18 · Chapters1011Book 18 · Other sectionsOF THE ENGLISH SUBSIDY.FRIEDRICH, AS INDEED PITT'S PEOPLE AND OTHERS HAVE DONE, TAKES THE FIELD UNCOMMONLY EARLY: FRIEDRICH GOES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ, SCHWEIDNITZ, AS THE PREFACE TO WHATEVER HIS CAMPAIGN MAY BE.Book 18 · Chapters1213Book 18 · Other sectionsTHESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR OVER AGAIN,—THAT IS TO SAY, FRIEDRICH AT HAND-GRIPS WITH FERMOR AND HIS RUSSIANS (25TH AUGUST, 1758).Book 18 · Chapters14Book 18 · Other sectionsDAUN AND THE REICHS ARMY INVADE SAXONY, IN FRIEDRICH'S ABSENCE.FRIEDRICH INTERVENING, DAUN DRAWS BACK; INTRENCHES HIMSELF IN NEIGHBORHOOD TO DRESDEN AND PIRNA; FRIEDRICH FOLLOWING HIM. FOUR ARMIES STANDING THERE, IN DEAD-LOCK, FOR A MONTH; WITH ISSUE, A FLANK-MARCH ON THE PART OF FRIEDRICH'S ARMY, WHICH HALTS AT HOCHWHAT ACTUALLY BEFELL AT HOCHKIRCH (Saturday, 14th October, 1758).SEQUEL OF HOCHKIRCH; THE CAMPAIGN ENDS IN A WAY SURPRISING TO AN ATTENTIVE PUBLIC (22d October-20th November, 1758).FRIEDRICH MARCHES, ENIGMATICALLY, NOT ON GLOGAU, BUT ON REICHENBACH AND GORLITZ; TO DAUN'S ASTONISHMENT.FELDMARSCHALL DAUN AND THE REICHS ARMY TRY SOME SIEGE OF DRESDEN (9th-16th November).by Thomas CarlyleChapter I.—THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. →