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Contents
Contents
BOOK XX.—FRIEDRICH IS NOT TO BE
OVERWHELMED: THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR GRADUALLY ENDS—25th April,
1760-15th February, 1763.
Chapter I.—FIFTH CAMPAIGN OPENS.
Chapter II.—FRIEDRICH BESIEGES DRESDEN.
Chapter IX.—TRAITOR WARKOTSCH.
Chapter X.—FRIEDRICH IN BRESLAU; HAS NEWS FROM PETERSBURG.
Chapter XII.—SIEGE OF SCHWEIDNITZ: SEVENTH CAMPAIGN ENDS.
Chapter XIII.—PEACE OF HUBERTSBURG.
Chapter I.—FIFTH CAMPAIGN OPENS.
Chapter II.—FRIEDRICH BESIEGES DRESDEN.
CAPTURE OF GLATZ (26th July, 1760).
DIALOGUE OF FRIEDRICH AND HENRI (from their Private Correspondence: June 7th-July 29th, 1760).
DUKE FERDINAND'S BATTLE OF WARBURG (31st July, 1760).
Chapter III.—BATTLE OF LIEGNITZ.
DIALOGUE OF FRIEDRICH AND HENRI (from their Private Correspondence: June 7th-July 29th, 1760).
DUKE FERDINAND'S BATTLE OF WARBURG (31st July, 1760).
LOUDON IS TRYING A STROKE-OF-HAND ON BRESLAU,
IN THE GLATZ FASHION, IN THE INTERIM (July 30th-August 3d).
FRIEDRICH ON MARCH, FOR THE THIRD TIME, TO RESCUE SILESIA (August 1st-15th).
BATTLE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIEGNITZ, DOES ENSUE (Friday morning, 15th August, 1760).
Chapter IV.—DAUN IN WRESTLE WITH
FRIEDRICH IN THE SILESIAN HILLS. FRIEDRICH ON MARCH, FOR THE THIRD TIME, TO RESCUE SILESIA (August 1st-15th).
BATTLE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIEGNITZ, DOES ENSUE (Friday morning, 15th August, 1760).
THE RUSSIANS MAKE A RAID ON BERLIN, FOR RELIEF
OF DAUN AND THEIR OWN BEHOOF (October 3d-12th, 1760).
Chapter V.—BATTLE OF TORGAU.
FIGHT OF KLOSTER KAMPEN (Night of October
15th-16th); WESEL NOT TO BE HAD BY DUKE FERDINAND.
Chapter VI.—WINTER-QUARTERS 1760-1761.
KING FRIEDRICH IN THE APEL HOUSE AT LEIPZIG
(8th December, 1760-17th March, 1761).
INTERVIEW WITH HERR PROFESSOR GELLERT (Thursday, 18th December, 1760).
DIALOGUE WITH GENERAL SALDERN (in the Apel House, Leipzig, 21st January, 1761).
THERE ARE SOME WAR-MOVEMENTS DURING WINTER; GENERAL FINANCIERING DIFFICULTIES. CHOISEUL PROPOSES PEACE.
Chapter VII.—SIXTH CAMPAIGN OPENS: CAMP
OF BUNZELWITZ. INTERVIEW WITH HERR PROFESSOR GELLERT (Thursday, 18th December, 1760).
DIALOGUE WITH GENERAL SALDERN (in the Apel House, Leipzig, 21st January, 1761).
THERE ARE SOME WAR-MOVEMENTS DURING WINTER; GENERAL FINANCIERING DIFFICULTIES. CHOISEUL PROPOSES PEACE.
OF FERDINAND'S BATTLE OF VELLINGHAUSEN
(15th-16th July); AND THE CAMPAIGN 1761.
THIRD SIEGE OF COLBERG.
Chapter VIII.—LOUDON POUNCES UPON
SCHWEIDNITZ ONE NIGHT (LAST OF SEPTEMBER, 1761). THIRD SIEGE OF COLBERG.
Chapter IX.—TRAITOR WARKOTSCH.
Chapter X.—FRIEDRICH IN BRESLAU; HAS NEWS FROM PETERSBURG.
THE PITT CATASTROPHE: HOW THE
PEACE-NEGOTIATION WENT OFF BY EXPLOSION; HOW PITT WITHDREW (3d October,
1761), AND THERE CAME A SPANISH WAR NEVERTHELESS.
TIFF OF QUARREL BETWEEN KING AND HENRI (March-April, 1762).
BRIGHT NEWS FROM PETERSBURG (certain, Jan. 19th); WHICH GROW EVER BRIGHTER; AND BECOME A STAR-OF-DAY FOR FRIEDRICH.
WHAT COLONEL HORDT AND THE OTHERS SAW AT PETERSBURG (January-July, 1762).
Chapter XI.—SEVENTH CAMPAIGN OPENS.
TIFF OF QUARREL BETWEEN KING AND HENRI (March-April, 1762).
BRIGHT NEWS FROM PETERSBURG (certain, Jan. 19th); WHICH GROW EVER BRIGHTER; AND BECOME A STAR-OF-DAY FOR FRIEDRICH.
WHAT COLONEL HORDT AND THE OTHERS SAW AT PETERSBURG (January-July, 1762).
Chapter XII.—SIEGE OF SCHWEIDNITZ: SEVENTH CAMPAIGN ENDS.
Chapter XIII.—PEACE OF HUBERTSBURG.