history of friedrich ii of prussia v 18-第88章

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ompee　a　saisi　l'avantage　　　　　　　　　　　D'une　nuit　qui　laissait　peu　de　place　au　courage；　　　　　　　　　　　Mes　soldats　presque　nus；　dans〃　。。。　　

Not　a　little　to　De　Catt's　comfort。　＇Rodenbeck；　i。　354。＇　During　the　retreat　itself；　Retzow　Junior　had　come；　as　Papa's　Aide…de…Camp；　with　a　message　to　the　King；　found　him　on　the　heights　of　Klein　Bautzen；　watching　the　movements。　Message　done　with；　the　King　said；　in　a　smiling　tone；　〃Daun　has　played　me　a　slippery　trick　to…day！〃　〃I　have　seen　it；〃　answered　Retzow；　〃but　it　is　only　a　scratch；　which　your　Majesty　will　soon　manage　to　heal　again。〃〃GLAUBT　ER　DIES；　Do　you　think　so？〃　〃Not　only　I；　but　the　whole　Army　firmly　believe　it　of　your　Majesty。〃〃You　are　quite　right；〃　added　the　King；　in　a　confidentially　candid　way：　〃We　will　manage　Daun。　What　I　lament　is；　the　number　of　brave　men　that　have　died　this　morning。〃　＇Retzow；　i。　359　n。＇　On　the　morrow；　he　was　heard　to　say　publicly：　〃Daun　has　let　us　out　of　check…mate；　the　game　is　not　lost　yet。　We　will　rest　ourselves　here；　a　few　days；　then　go　for　Silesia；　and　deliver　Neisse。〃　The　Anecdote…Books　（perhaps　not　mythicalIy）　add　this：　〃Where　are　all　your　guns；　though？〃　said　the　King　to　an　Artilleryman；　standing　vacant　on　parade；　next　day。　〃IHRO　MAJESTAT；　the　Devil　stole　them　all；　last　night！〃〃Hm；　well；　we　must　have　them　back　from　him。〃　＇Archenholtz；　i。　299。＇

Nothing　immoderately　depressive　in　Hochkirch；　it　appears；though；　alas；　on　the　fourth　day　after；　there　came　a　message　from　Baireuth；　which　did　strike　one　down：　〃My　noble　Wilhelmina　dead；　died　in　the　very　hours　while　we　were　fighting　here！〃　＇On　a　common　Business…　Letter　to　Prince　Henri；　〃Doberschutz；　18th　October；　1758；〃　is　this　sudden　bit　of　Autograph：　〃GRAND　DIEU；　MA　SOEUR　DE　BAREITH！〃　（Schoning；　　Der　siebenjahrige　Krieg；　nach　der　Original…　Correspondens　&c。　aus　den　Staats…Archiven：　　Potsdam；　1851：　i。　287。）＇　Readers　must　conceive　it：　coming　unexpected　more　or　less；　black　as　sudden　universal　hurricane；　on　the　heart　of　the　man；　a　sorrow　sacred；　yet　immeasurable；　irremediable　to　him；　as　if　the　sky　too　were　falling　on　his　head；　in　aid　of　the　mean　earth　and　its　ravenings：of　all　this　there　can　nothing　be　said　at　present。　Friedrich's　one　relief　seems　to　have　been　the　necessity　laid　on　him　of　perpetual　battling　with　outward　business；we　may　fancy；　in　the　rapid　weeks　following；　how　much　was　lying　at　all　times　in　the　background　of　his　mind　suppressed　into　its　caves。

Daun；　it　appears；　was　considerably　elated；　spent　a　great　deal　of　his　time；　so　precious　just　at　present；　in　writing　despatches；　in　congratulating　and　being　congratulated；did　an　elaborate　TE…DEUM；　or　Ambrosian　Song；　in　Artillery　and　VOX　HUMANA；which　with　the　adjuncts；　say　splenetic　people；　as　at　Kolin；　sensibly　assisted　Friedrich's　affairs。　Daun　was　by　no　means　of　braggart　turn；　but　the　recognition　of　his　matchless　achievement　by　the　gazetteer　public；　whether　in　exultation　or　in　lamentation；　was　loud　and　universal；　and　the　joy；　in　Vienna　and　the　cognate　quarters；　knew　no　bounds　for　the　time　being。　Thus；　among　other　tokens；　the　Holiness　of　our　Lord　the　Pope；　blessing　Heaven　for　such　success　against　the　Heretic；　was　pleased　to　send　him　〃a　Consecrated　Hat　and　Sword；〃such　as　the　old　Popes　were　wont；　very　long　ago；　to　bestow　on　distinguished　Champions　against　the　Heathen；（much　jeered　at；　and　crowed　over；　by　a　profane　Friedrich　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　xv。　122；　124；　126；　&c。　&c。：　in　PREUSS；　ii。　196；　compiete　List　of　these　poor　Pieces；　which　are　hearty；　not　hypocritical；　in　their　contemptuons　hilarity；　but　have　little　other　metit。＇）：　〃the　effect　of　which　miraculous　furnishings；〃　says　Tempelhof；　〃turned　out　to　be　that　the　Feldmarschall　never　gained　any　success　more；〃　in　fact；　except　that　small　thing　on　Finck　next　Year；　never　any；　as　it　chanced。　Daun　had　withdrawn　to　his　old　Camp；　on　the　day　of　Hochkirch；　leaving　only　a　detachment　on　the　field　there：　it　was　not　for　six　or　seven　days　more　that　he　stept　out　to　the　Kreckwitz　and　Purschwitz　neighborhood；　more　within　sight　of　his　vanquished　enemy；but　nothing　like　vigilant　enough　of　what　might　still　be　in　him；　after　such　vanquishing！We　must　spare　this　Note；　for　the　sake　of　a　heroic　kind　of　man；　who　had　not　too　much　of　reward　in　the　world：

〃Tebay　could　not　recover　Keith's　body：　Croats　had　the　plundering　of　Keith；　other　Austrians；　not　of　Croat　kind；　carried　the　dead　General　into　Hochkirch　Church：　Lacy's　emotion　on　recognizing　him　there；　like　a　tragic　gleam　of　his　own　youth　suddenly　brought　back　to　him；　as　in　starlight；　piercing　and　sad；　from　twenty　years　distance；is　well　known　in　Books。　On　the　morrow；　Sunday；　October　15th；　Keith　had　honorable　soldier's…burial　there；'twelve　cannon'　salvoing　thrice；　and　'the　whole　Corps　of　Colloredo'　with　their　muskets　thrice；　Lacy　as　chief　mourner；　not　without　tears。　Four　months　after；　by　royal　order；　Keith's　body　was　conveyed　to　Berlin；　reinterred　in　Berlin；　in　a　still　more　solemn　public　manner；　with　all　the　honors；　all　the　regrets；　and　Keith　sleeps　now　in　the　Garnison…Kirche：far　from　bonnie　Inverugie；　the　hoarse　sea…winds　and　caverns　of　Dunottar　singing　vague　requiem　to　his　honorable　line　and　him；　in　the　imaginations　of　some　few。　'My　Brother　leaves　me　a　noble　legacy；'　said　the　old　Lord　Marischal：　'last　year　he　had　Bohemia　under　ransom；　and　his　personal　estate　is　70　ducats；　（about　25　pounds）。　＇Varnhagen；　p。　261。＇

〃In　Hochkirch　Church　there　is　still；　not　in　the　Churchyard　as　formerly；　a　fine；　modestly　impressive　Monument　to　Keith；　modest　Urn　of　black　marble　on　a　Pedestal　of　gray；and；　in　gold　letters；　an　Inscription　not　easily　surpassable　in　the　lapidary　way：　。。。　'DUM　IN　PRAELIO　NON　PROCUL　HINC　INCLINATAM　SUORUM　ACIEM　MENTE　MANU　V0CE　ET　EXEMPLO　RESTITUERAT　PUGNANS　UT　HEROAS　DECET　OCCUBUIT。　D。　XIV。　OCTOBRIS'　These　words　go　through　you　like　the　clang　of　steel。　＇In　RODENBECK；　i。　149。　Given　also　（very　nearly　correct）　in　CORRESPONDEENCE　OF　SIR　ROBERT　MURRAY　KEITH　（London；　1849）；　i。　151。　This　is　the　junior　of　the　two　Diplomatic　Roberts；　genealogical　cousins　of　Keith；　by　this　one　（in　1771；　not　1776　as　German　Guide…　books　have　it）　the　Hochkirch　Monument　was　set　up。　A　very　interesting　Collection　of　LETTERS　those　of　his；edited　with　the　usual　darkness；　or　rather　more。＇　Friedrich's　sorrow　over　him　（'tears；'　high　eulogies；　'LOUA　EXTREMEMENT'）　is　itself　a　monument。　Twenty　years　after；　Keith　had　from　his　Master　a　Statue；　in　Berlin。　One　of　Four；　to　the　Four　most　deserving：　Schwerin　（1771）；　Winterfeld　（1777）；　Seidlitz　（1779；　Keith　（when？）；　＇Nicolai　　（Beschreibung　der　Residenzstadte；　　i。　193；　194）　gives　these　dates　for　the　Three；　and　for　Keith's　no　date。＇which　still　stand　in　the　Wilhelm　Platz　there。

〃Hochkirch　Church　has　beeu　rebuilt　in　late　years：　a　spapious　airy　Church；　with　galleries；　and　requisites；　especially　with　free　air；　light　and　cleanliness。　Capable　perhaps　of　1；500　sitters：　half　of　them　Wends。　'Above　700　skeletons；　in　one　heap；　were　dug　out；　in　cutting　the　new　foundations。　The　strong　outer　Door　of　the　old　Church；　red　oak；　I　should　think；　is　still　retained　in　that　capacity；　still　shows　perhaps　half　a　dozen　rough　big　quasi…　KEYHOLES；　torn　through　it　in　different　parts；　and　daylight　shining　in；　where　the　old　bullets　passed。　The　Keith　Monument；　perhaps　four　feet　high；　is　on　the　flagged　floor；　left　side　of　the　pulpit；　close　by　the　wall；'the　bench　where　Keith's　body　lay　has　had　to　be　cased　in　new　plank　＇zinc　would　be　better＇　against　the　knives　of　tourists。'〃

Old　Lord　MarischalGeorge；　〃MARECHAL　D'ECOSSE〃　as　he　always　signs　himselfwas　by　this　time　seventy…two；　King's　Governor　of　Neufchatel；　for　a　good　while　past　and　to　come　（1754…1763）。　In　〃James；〃　the　junior；　but　much　the　stronger　and　more　solid；　he　has　lost；　as　it　were；　a　FATHER　and　younger　brother　at　once；　father；　uuder　beautiful　conditions；　and　the　tears　of　the　old　man　are　natural　and　affecting。　Ten　years　older　than　his　Brother；　and　survived　him　still　twenty　years。　An　excellent　cheery　old　soul；　he　too；　honest　as　the　sunlight；　with　a　fine　small　vein　of　gayety；　and　〃pleasant　wit；〃　in　him：　what　a　treasure　to　Friedrich　at　Potsdam；　in　the　coming　years；　and　how　much　loved　by　him　（almost　as　one　BOY　loves　another）；　all　readers　would　be　surprised　to　discover。　Some　hints　of　him　will　perhaps　be　allow