history of friedrich ii of prussia v 17-第22节

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　did　NOT　lift　our　finger；　has；　so　to　speak；　become　our　property；　and　we　grant　it　the　following　terms：〃　　　〃1。　Kettle…drums；　standards　and　the　like　insignia　and　matters　of　honor；carry　these　to　the　Konigstein；　with　my　regretful　respects　to　his　Polish　Majesty。　Konigstein　to　be　a　neutral　Fortress　during　this　War。　Polish　Majesty　at　perfect　liberty　to　go　to　Warsaw　＇as　he　on　the　instant　now　did；　and　never　returned＇。　　　〃2。　Officers　to　depart　on　giving　their　parole；　Not　to　serve　against　us　during　this　War　＇Parole　given；　nothing　like　too　well　kept＇。　　　〃3。　Rest　of　the　Army；　with　all　its　equipments；　munitions；　soul　and　body　（so　to　speak）；　is　to　surrender　utterly；　and　be　ours；　as　all　Saxony　shall　for　the　present　be。〃　＇In　　Helden…　Geschichte；　　iii。　920…928；　at　full　lengthwith　Briedrich's　MARGINALIA　noticeably　brief。＇

That　is；　in　sum；　the　Capitulation　of　Struppen。　Nothing　articulate　in　it　about　the　one　now　interesting　point；and　in　regard　to　that；　I　can　only　fancy　Rutowski　might　interject；　interrogatively；　perhaps　at　some　length：　〃Our　soldiers　to　be　Prisoners　of　War；　then？〃　〃Prisoners；　yes；　clearly；unless　they　choose　to　volunteer；　and　have　a　better　fate！　Prisoners　can　volunteer。　They　are　at　discretion；　they　would　die；　if　we　did　NOT　lift　our　finger！〃　thus　I　suppose　Winterfeld　would　rejoin；　if　necessary；and　that；　in　the　Winterfeld…Rutowski　Conferences；　the　thing　had　probably　been　kept　in　a　kind　of　CHIAROSCURO　by　both　parties。

Very　certain　it　is；　Sunday；　17th　October；　1756；　Capitulation　being　signed　the　night　before；　Friedrich　goes　across　at　Nieder…Raden　（where　the　Pilgrim　of　the　Picturesque　now　climbs　to　see　the　BASTEI；　where　the　Prussians　have；　by　this　time；　a　Bridge　thrown　together　out　of　those　Pontoons）；goes　across　at　Nieder…Raden；　up　that　chasmy　Pass；　rides　to　the　Heights　of　Waltersdorf；　in　the　opener　country　behind；　and　pauses　there；　while　the　captive　Saxon　Army　defiles　past　him；　laying　down　its　arms　at　his　feet。　Unarmed；　and　now　under　Prussian　word　of　command；　these　Ex…Saxon　soldiers　go　on　defiling；　march　through　by　that　Chasm　of　Nieder…Raden；　cross　to　Ober…Raden；　and；　in　the　plainer　country　thereabouts；　arein　I　know　not　what　length　of　hours；　but　in　an　incredibly　short　length；　so　swift　is　the　managementchanged　wholly　into　Prussian　soldiers：　〃obliged　to　volunteer；〃　every　one　of　them！

That　is　the　fact；　fact　loudly　censured；　fact　surely　questionable；　to　what　intrinsic　degree　I　at　this　moment　do　not　know。　Fact　much　blamable　before　the　loose　public　of　mankind；　upon　which　I　leave　men　to　their　verdict。　It　is　not　a　fact　which　invites　imitation；　as　we　shall　see！　Fact　how　accomplished；　by　what　methods？　that　would　be　the　question　with　me；　but　even　that　is　left　dark。　〃The　horse　regiments；　three　of　heavy　horse；　he　broke；　and　distributed　about；　a　good　few　in　his　own　Garde…du…Corps。〃　Three　other　horse　regiments　were　in　Poland；　the　sole　Saxon　Army　now　left；of　whom；　at　least　of　one　man　among　whom；　we　may　happen　to　hear。　〃Ten　foot　regiments　＇what　was　reckoned　a　fault＇　he　left　together；　in　Prussian　uniform；　with　Prussian　Officers。　They　were　scattered　up　and　down；　put　in　garrisons；　not　easy　handling　them：　they　deserted　by　whole　companies　at　a　time　in　the　course　of　this　War。〃　＇Preuss；　ii。　22；　135；　in　Stenzel　（v。　16…20）　more　precise　details。＇　Not　a　measure　for　imitation；　as　we　said！How　Friedrich　defended　such　hard　conduct　to　the　Saxons？　Reader；　I　know　only　that　Destiny　and　Necessity；　urged　on　by　Saxons　and　others；　was　hard　as　adamant　upon　Friedrich　at　this　time；　and　that　Friedrich　did　not　the　least　dream　of　making　any　defence；and　will　have　to　take　your　verdict；　such　as　it　may　be。

Moritz　of　Dessau　had　a　terrible　Winter　of　it；　organizing　and　breaking　in　these　Saxon　people；got　by　press…gang　in　this　way。　Polish　Majesty；　〃with　500　of　suite；〃　had　driven　instantly　for　Warsaw；　post…horses　most　politely　furnished　him；　and　all　the　Prussian　posts　and　soldiers　well　kept　out　of　his　road；road　chosen　for　him　to　that　end。　Poor　soul；　he　never　came　back。　For　six　years　coming；　he　saw；　from　Warsaw　in　the　distance　（amid　anarchy　and　NIE…POZWALAM；　which　he　never　lacked　there）；　the　wide　War　raging；　in　Saxony　especially；　and　died　soon　after　it　was　done。　Nor　did　Bruhl　return；　except　broken　by　that　event；　and　to　die　in　few　months　after。　Let　us　pity　the　poor　fat…goose　of　a　Majesty　（not　ill…natured　at　all；　only　stupid　and　idle）：　some　pity　even　to　the　doomed…　phantasm　Bruhl；　if　you　can；and　thank　Heaven　to　have　got　done　with　such　a　pair！

Friedrich's　treatment　of　the　Saxon　Troops；　Saxon　Majesty　and　Country：　who　shall　say　that　it　was　wise　in　all　points？　It　would　be　singular　treatment；　if　it　were！　In　all　things；　AFTER　is　so　different　from　BEFORE　and　DURING。　The　truth　is；　Friedrich　hoped　long　to　have　made　some　agreement　with　the　Saxons。　And　readers　now；　in　the　universal　silence；　have　no　notion　of　Friedrich's　complexities　from　fact；　and　of　the　loud　howl　of　hostile　rumor；　which　was　piping　through　all　journals；　diplomacies　and　foreign　human　throats；　against　him　at　that　time。

〃The　essential　passages　of　War　and　Peace；〃　says　a　certain　Commentator；　〃during　those　Five　weeks　of　Pirna；　can　be　made　intelligible　in　small　compass。　But　how　the　world　argued　of　them　then　and　afterwards；　and　rang　with　hot　Gazetteer　and　Diplomatic　logic　from　side　to　side；　no　reader　will　now　ever　know。　A　world…　tornado　extinct；　gone：think　of　the　sounds　uttered　from　human　windpipes；　shrill　with　rage　some　of　them；　hoarse　others　with　ditto；　of　the　vituperations；　execrations；　printed　and　vocal；grating　harsh　thunder　upon　Friedrich　and　this　new　course　of　his。　Huge　melody　of　Discords；　shrieking；　droning；　grinding　on　that　topic；　through　the　afflicted　Universe　in　general；　for　certain　years。　The　very　Pamphlets　printed　on　it；cannot　Dryasdust　give　me　the　number　of　tons　weight；　then？　Dead　now　every　Pamphlet　of　them；　a　thing　fallen　horrible　to　human　nature；　extinct　forever；　as　is　the　wont　in　such　cases。〃

I　will　give　only　this　of　Voltaire；　a　mild　Epigram；　done　at　The　DELICES；　in　pleasant　view　of　Ferney　and　good　things　coming。　A　bolt　shot　into　the　storm…tost　Sea　and　its　wreckages；　by　a　Mariner　now　cheerily　drying　his　clothes　on　the　shore　there；in　fact；　an　indifferent　Epigram；　on　Kings　Friedrich　and　George；　which　is　now　flying　about　in　select　circles：

　〃Rivaux　du　Vainqueur　de　l'Euphrate；　　　L'Oncle　et　le　Neveu；　L'un　fait　la　guerre　en　pirate；　　　L'autre　en　parti　bleu。　〃

〃Rivals　of　Alexander　the　Great；　this　Uncle　and　Nephew　make　war；　the　one　as　a　Pirate　＇seizure　of　those　French　ships＇；　the　other　＇Saxony　stolen＇　as　Captain　of　an　Accidental　Thieving…squad；〃PARTI　BLEU；　as　the　French　soldiers　call　it。　＇Walpole's　LETTERS；　〃To　Sir　Horace　Mann；　8th　December；　1756。〃＇


MAP　facing　page　365；　Chap　VII；　Book　17…

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Pirna　was　no　sooner　done　than　Friedrich　returned　to　the　〃Camp　at　Lobositz；〃　where　his　victorious　Keith…Army　has　been　lying　all　this　while。　The　Camp　of　Lobositz；　and　all　Camps　Prussian　and　Austrian；　are　about　to　strike　their　tents；　and　proceed　to　Winter…quarters；　to　prepare　against　next　Spring。　Friedrich　set　off　thither　October　18th　（the　very　day　after　that　of　Waltersdorf）；　with　intent　to　bring　home　Keith's　Army；　and　see　if　Browne　meant　anything　farther　（which　Browne　did　not；　or　does　only　in　the　small　Tolpatch　way）；　also　to　meet；　Schwerin；　whom　he　had　summoned　over　from　Silesia　for　a　little　conference　there。　Schwerin；　after　eating　Konigsgratz　Country　well；　which　was　all　he　could　do；　as　Piccolomini　would　not　come　out；　and　we　know　how　strong　the　ground　is；had　retired　to　Silesia　again；　in　due　season　（snapping　up；　in　a　sharply　conclusive　manner；　any　Tolpatcheries　that　attempted　chase　of　him）；　taken　Winter　cantonments　in　Silesia；　headquarter　Schweidnitz；　and　is　now　getting　his　Instructions；　here　personally；　in　the　Metal　Mountains；　for　a　day　or　two。　＇　Helden…Geschichte；　　iii。　946；　948。＇

Friedrich　brought　his　Keith…Army　home　to　Gross…Sedlitz；　to　join　the　other　Force　there；　and　distributed　the　whole　into　their　Winter…　quarters。　Cantoned　far　and　wide；　spreading　out　from　Pirna　on　both　hands：　on　the　left　or　western　hand；　by　Zwickau；　Freyberg；　Chemnitz；　up　to　Leipzig；　Torgau；　and　on　the　right　or　northeast　hand；　by　Zittau；　Gorlitz；　Bautzen；　to　protect　the　Lausitz　against　Austrian　inroads；while　a　remote　Detachment；　under　Winterfeld；　watches　the　Bober　River　with　similar　views。　＇In　　Helden…Geschichte；　　iii。　948　et　seq。；　a　minute　List　by　Place　and　Regiment。＇　All　which　done；　or　settled　to　be　done；　Friedrich　quits　Gross…Sedlitz；　November　14th；　and　takes　up　his　abode　at　Dresden　for　this　Winter。



Chapter　VIII。

WINTER　IN　DRESDEN。

The　Saxon　Army　is　incorporated；　then；　its　King　gone　under　the　horizon；　the　Saxon　Country　has　a　Prussian　Board　set　over　it；　to　administer　all　things　of　Government；　especially　to　draw　taxes　and　recruits　from　Saxony。　Torgau；　seat　of　this　new　Board；　has　got　fortified；　〃1；500　inhabitants　were　requisitioned　as　spademen　for　that　end；　at　first　with　wages；〃latterly；　I　almost　fear；　without！

The　Saxon　Ministers　are　getting　drilled；　cashiered　if　necessary；　and　on　all　hands；　rigorous　methods　going　forward；till　Saxony　is　completely　under　grasp；　in　which　state　it　was　held　very　tight　indeed；　for　the　six　years　coming。　There　i