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Contents
Contents
Book XVII—THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR:
FIRST CAMPAIGN.—1756-1757.
Chapter I.—WHAT FRIEDRICH HAD READ IN THE MENZEL DOCUMENTS.
Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH BLOCKADES THE SAXONS IN PIRNA COUNTRY.
Chapter VI.—BATTLE OF LOBOSITZ.
Chapter VII.—THE SAXONS GET OUT OF PIRNA ON DISMAL TERMS.
Chapter VIII.—WINTER IN DRESDEN.
Chapter I.—WHAT FRIEDRICH HAD READ IN THE MENZEL DOCUMENTS.
HOW FRIEDRICH DISCOVERED THE MYSTERY.
CONCERNING MENZEL AND WEINGARTEN.
Chapter II.—ENGLISH DIPLOMACIES ABROAD,
IN PROSPECT OF A FRENCH WAR.
THE TRIUMPHANT HANBURY TREATY BECOMES, ITSELF,
NOTHING OR LESS;—BUT PRODUCES A FRIEDRICH TREATY, FOLLOWED BY
RESULTS WHICH SURPRISE EVERYBODY.
THERE HAS BEEN A COUNTER-TREATY GOING ON AT VERSAILLES IN THE INTERIM; WHICH HEREUPON STARTS OUT, AND TUMBLES THE WHOLLY ASTONISHED EUROPEAN DIPLOMACIES HEELS-OVER-HEAD.
Chapter III.—FRENCH-ENGLISH WAR BREAKS
OUT. THERE HAS BEEN A COUNTER-TREATY GOING ON AT VERSAILLES IN THE INTERIM; WHICH HEREUPON STARTS OUT, AND TUMBLES THE WHOLLY ASTONISHED EUROPEAN DIPLOMACIES HEELS-OVER-HEAD.
KING FRIEDRICH'S ENIGMA GETS MORE AND MORE
STRINGENT.
Chapter IV.—FRIEDRICH PUTS A QUESTION AT
VIENNA, TWICE OVER. Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH BLOCKADES THE SAXONS IN PIRNA COUNTRY.
Chapter VI.—BATTLE OF LOBOSITZ.
Chapter VII.—THE SAXONS GET OUT OF PIRNA ON DISMAL TERMS.
Chapter VIII.—WINTER IN DRESDEN.