History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19

Thomas Carlyle

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Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I.—Preliminaries to a Fourth Campaignoriginal only · 22 min
  2. 2.Of the Small-War in Spring, 1759. There Are Five Disruptions of That Grand Cordon (February-April); And Ferdinand of Brunswick Fights His Battle of Bergen (April 13th)original only · 41 min
  3. 3.Chapter II.—General Dohna; Dictator Wedell: Battle of Zullichauoriginal only · 9 min
  4. 4.Dictator Wedell Fights His Battle (Monday, 23d July, 1759), Without Successoriginal only · 9 min
  5. 5.Chapter III.—Friedrich in Person Attempts the Russian Problem; Not with Successoriginal only · 33 min
  6. 6.Chapter IV.—BATTLE OF KUNERSDORForiginal only · 54 min
  7. 7.Chapter V.—Saxony Without Defence: Schmettau Surrenders Dresdenoriginal only · 22 min
  8. 8.The "reichs Army" 80 Called Has Entered Saxony, Under Fine Omens; Does Some Feats of Sieging (August 7th-23d),—With an Eye on Dresden As the Crowning Oneoriginal only · 12 min
  9. 9.Austrian Reichs Army Does Its Crowning Feat (August 26th-September 4th): Diary of What Is Called the "siege" of Dresdenoriginal only · 34 min
  10. 10.Chapter VI.—Prince Henri Makes a March of Fifty Hours; The Russians Cannot Find Lodging in Silesiaoriginal only · 12 min
  11. 11.Daun, Soltikof and Company Again Have a Colloquy (Bautzen, September 15th); After Which Everybody Starts on His Special Course of Actionoriginal only · 20 min
  12. 12.FRIEDRICH MANAGES (September 24th-October 24th) TO GET THE RUSSIANS SENT HOME; AND HIMSELF FALLS LAMED WITH GOUToriginal only · 28 min
  13. 13.Chapter VII.—Friedrich Reappears on the Field, and in Seven Days After Comes the Catastrophe of Maxenoriginal only · 29 min
  14. 14.Chapter VIII.—Miscellanea in Winter-Quarters, 1759-1760original only · 2 min
  15. 15.Serene Highness of Wurtemberg, at Fulda (November 30th, 1759), Is Just About "firing Victoria," and Giving a Ball to Beauty and Fashion, in Honor of a Certain Event;—But Is Unpleasantly Interruptedoriginal only · 7 min
  16. 16.What Is Perpetual President Maupertuis Doing, All This While? Is He Still in Berlin; Or Where in the Universe Is He? Alas, Poor Maupertuis!original only · 4 min
  17. 17.Grand French Invasion-Scheme Comes Entirely to Wreck (Quiberon Bay, 20th November, 1759): Of Controller-General Silhouette, and the Outlooks of France, Financial and Otheroriginal only · 12 min
  18. 18.Friedrich, Strange to Say, Publishes (March-June, 1760) an Edition of His Poems. Question, "who Wrote Matinees Du Roi De Prusse?"—For the Second, and Positively the Last Timeoriginal only · 11 min
  19. 19.Peace-Negotiations Hopeful to Friedrich All Through Winter; But the French Won't. Voltaire, and His Style of Correspondingoriginal only · 17 min
  20. 20.Voltaire on Friedrich, to Different Third-Parties, During This Waroriginal only · 8 min
  21. 21.Voltaire on Surrounding Objects, Chiefly on Maupertuis, and the Battlesoriginal only · 3 min
  22. 22.Friedrich to Voltaire, Before and During These Peace Negotiationsoriginal only · 6 min
  23. 23.Friedrich Has Sent Lord Marischal to Spain: Other Fond Hopes of Friedrich'soriginal only · 6 min
  24. 24.Chapter IX.—Preliminaries to a Fifth Campaignoriginal only · 21 min