. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . e king. and theprince came up, Leopold (Fig. 46) attacked Rutowskis Saxons andAustrians, strongly posted and well inti-enched on the steeji heightsof Kesselsdorf, near Dresden (December 15). At first the onsetmade by the Prussians upon the ice-covered mountains was repulsed ;but when the allies, in their elation over the victory, rushed from theprotecting heights, and thereby threw themselves before their ownbatteries, they were completely repulsed by the Prussian horse; andthe Prussian infantry, hurryin
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . e king. and theprince came up, Leopold (Fig. 46) attacked Rutowskis Saxons andAustrians, strongly posted and well inti-enched on the steeji heightsof Kesselsdorf, near Dresden (December 15). At first the onsetmade by the Prussians upon the ice-covered mountains was repulsed ;but when the allies, in their elation over the victory, rushed from theprotecting heights, and thereby threw themselves before their ownbatteries, they were completely repulsed by the Prussian horse; andthe Prussian infantry, hurrying up after the enemy, then took posses-sion of the heights and the village of Kesselsdorf situated uponthem. The alUes lost more than 10,000 men. This glorious \ ictoryof the old prince was decisive. Austrians and Saxons retreated to DRESDEN CAPITULATES TO FREDERICK. 279 Bohemia, Dresden caintulated, and the entire priueipahty fell intothe hands of the Prussians. Frederick now positively anticipated the end of the war. Hewas not obliged to have any consideration for the French, who had. Fig. 46.—Leopold, Irince of Auhalt-Dessau. (From a copper-plateengraving by J. G. Wille ; original painting by A. Pesne.) left unfulfilled all the stipulations of the dual alliance. On the otherhand, the constant menace of the attitude of Russia filled him withalarm and with urgent desires for peace. Therein he concurred with the endeavors of the Saxons. MariaTheresa also, after these events, could not but be thoroughly con- 2B0 THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSTOX. vincecl that all hope of reconquering Silesia Avas vain, and that herobstinacy regarding the Prussians WDuld only result in the loss of herprovinces in the iSietherlands and Italy. Fiaaily England announcedthat she would stop the payment of her subsidies if the empress didnot conclude peace with Pi-ussia upon the conditions of the conven-tion of Hanover. lhe Austrian minister. Count Harrach, who wasthen in Dresden, in order to negoti
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