HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II OF PRUSSIA, Volume 15
FREDERICK THE GREAT
by Thomas Carlyle
Contents
[ 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. ]