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[ BOOK XV.—SECOND SILESIAN WAR, IMPORTANT EPISODE IN THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE.—15th Aug. 1744-25th Dec. 1745. ]
[ Chapter I.—PRELIMINARY: HOW THE MOMENT ARRIVED. ]
[ PRINCE KARL GETS ACROSS THE RHINE (20 JUNE-2 JULY, 1744). ]
[ FRIEDRICH DECIDES TO INTERVENE. ]
[ FRIEDRICH, LEAVING SMALL GARRISON IN PRAG, RUSHES SWIFTLY UP THE MOLDAU VALLEY, UPON THE TABOR-BUDWEIS COUNTRY; TO PLEASE HIS FRENCH FRIENDS. ]
[ THE FRENCH ARE LITTLE GRATEFUL FOR THE PLEASURE DONE THEM AT SUCH RUINOUS EXPENSE. ]
[ FRIEDRICH TRIES TO HAVE BATTLE FROM PRINCE KARL, IN THE MOLDAU COUNTRIES; CANNOT, OWING TO THE SKILL OF PRINCE KARL OR OF OLD FELDMARSCHALL TRAUN;—HAS TO RETIRE BEHIND THE SAZAWA, AND ULTIMATELY BEHIND THE ELBE, WITH MUCH LABOR IN VAIN. ]
[ FRIEDRICH'S RETREAT; ESPECIALLY EINSIEDEL'S FROM PRAG. ]
[ OLD DESSAUER REPELS THE SILESIAN INVASION (Winter, 1744-45). ]
[ THE FRENCH FULLY INTEND TO BEHAVE BETTER NEXT SEASON TO FRIEDRICH AND THEIR GERMAN ALLIES;—BUT ARE PREVENTED BY VARIOUS ACCIDENTS (November, 1744-April, 1745; April-August, 1745). ]
[ STRANGE ACCIDENT TO MARECHAL DE BELLEISLE IN THE HARZ MOUNTAINS (20th December, 1744). ]
[ THE KAISER KARL VII. GETS SECURED FROM OPPRESSIONS, IN A TRAGIC WAY. FRIEDRICH PROPOSES PEACE, BUT TO NO PURPOSE. ]
[ 1. FRIEDRICH'S POSITION TOWARDS SAXONY. ]
[ 2. THERE IS A, "UNION OF WARSAW" (8th January, 1745); AND STILL MORE SPECIALLY A "TREATY OF WARSAW" (8th January-18th May, 1745). ]
[ 3. VALORI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS MISSION (in compressed form). [Valori, i. 211-219.] ]
[ MIDDLE-RHINE ARMY IN A STAGGERING STATE; THE BAVARIAN INTRICACY SETTLES ITSELF, THE WRONG WAY. ]
[ KING FRIEDRICH TO PODEWILS, IN BERLIN (under various dates, March-April, 1745). ]
[ FRIEDRICH TO PODEWILS (as before, April-May, 1745). ]
[ BATTLE OF FONTENOY (11th May, 1745). ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]