OF

FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA,

CALLED

FREDERICK THE GREAT.

BY

THOMAS CARLYLE.

VOLUME VI.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY.

MDCCCLXV.

[The right of translation is reserved.]

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.

BOOK XX.

FRIEDRICH IS NOT TO BE OVERWHELMED: THE SEVEN-YEARS

WAR GRADUALLY ENDS.

Capture of Glatz (26th July 1760), p. 34.

Dialogue of Friedrich and Henri (from their Private Corre-

spondence: June 7th-July 29th, 1760), 38.

Duke Ferdinand's Battle of Warburg (31st July 1760), 41.

III. BATTLE of Liegnitz

Loudon is trying a Stroke-of-Hand on Breslau, in the Glatz

Fashion, in the Interim (July 30th—August 3d), p. 47.

Friedrich on March, for the Third Time, to rescue Silesia

(August 1st-15th), 52.

Battle, in the Neighbourhood of Liegnitz, does ensue (Friday

morning, 15th August 1760), 60.

IV. DAUN IN Wrestle with Friedrich in the SILESIAN HILLS 79

The Russians make a Raid on Berlin, for Relief of Daun, and

their own Behoof (October 3d-12th, 1760), p. 87.

V. BATTLE OF TORGAU

101

Fight of Kloster Kampen (Night of October 15th-16th); Wesel

not to be had by Duke Ferdinand, p. 136.

VI. WINTER-QUARTERS 1760-61 .

. 141

King Friedrich in the Apel House at Leipzig (8th December

1760-17th March 1761), p. 147.

Interview with Herr Professor Gellert (Thursday, 18th Decem-

ber 1760), 149.

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Dialogue with General Saldern (in the Apel House, Leipzig,

21st January 1761), 157.

There are some War-movements during Winter; general finan-

ciering Difficulties. Choiseul proposes Peace, 161.

VII. SIXTH CAMPAIGN OPENS: CAMP OF BUNzelwitz

Of Ferdinand's Battle of Vellinghausen (15th-16th July); and

the Campaign 1761, p. 196.

Third Siege of Colberg, 206.

VIII. LOUDON POUNCES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ, ONE NIGHT (LAST of

SEPTEMBER 1761)

IX. TRAITOR WARKOTSCH

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, p. 235.

Tiff of Quarrel between King and Henri (March-April 1762),

247.

Bright News from Petersburg (certain, January 19th); which

grow ever brighter; and become a Star-of-day for Fried-

rich, 251.

What Colonel Hordt and the Others saw at Petersburg (Janu-

ary-July 1762), 266.

. 212

. 220

233

Landrath Nüssler and the King (30th March-3d April 1763),

p. 352.

Kriegsrath Roden and the King (6th-13th June 1763), 356.

Of Friedrich's new Excise-System, 366.