History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great . ire; so that DAuteroche, responding moreor less, cannot stand it; but has at once to rustle into dis-continuity, he and his, and roll rapidly out of the way. Andthe British Column advances, steadily, terribly, hurling backall opposition from it; deeper and deeper into the interior 1 Ath, May ye 20th, (to John, Fourth Marquis of Tweedclale, last Secretary of State for Scotland, and a man of figure in his day): Letter isat Tester House, East Lothian; Excerpt penes me. 440 SECOND SILESIAN WAR. BOOK XV. llth May, 1745. mysteries
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great . ire; so that DAuteroche, responding moreor less, cannot stand it; but has at once to rustle into dis-continuity, he and his, and roll rapidly out of the way. Andthe British Column advances, steadily, terribly, hurling backall opposition from it; deeper and deeper into the interior 1 Ath, May ye 20th, (to John, Fourth Marquis of Tweedclale, last Secretary of State for Scotland, and a man of figure in his day): Letter isat Tester House, East Lothian; Excerpt penes me. 440 SECOND SILESIAN WAR. BOOK XV. llth May, 1745. mysteries of the French Host; blasting its way with gun-powder ; — in a magnificent manner. A compact Column,slowly advancing, — apparently of some 16,000 foot. Pauses,readjusts itself a little, when not meddled with; when med-dled with, has cannon, has rolling fire, — delivers from it, infact, on both hands such a torrent of deadly continuous fireas was rarely seen before or since. Feu infernal] the Frenchcall it. The French make vehement resistance. Battalions,. a a* Trench fi» Fifinoh Horse. c. KedQnhfc dEu/ d, EuMOiarySrsich Bat-. tery» isWcti takes theDutch in liank. Gallows-Hill, xetara Eng LOTUS and fthq. Dauphin English , Knglish ft. Dutch and Austrian Foot. Dutcll and Austrian Horse. Ingoildsby, starting {invain) to attack Be- iloubt uKu. squadrons, regiment after regiment, charge madly on this ter-rible Column; but rush only on destruction thereby. Regi-ment This storms in from the right, regiment That from theleft; have their colonels shot, lose the half of their people;and hastily draw back again, in a wrecked condition. Thecavalry-horses cannot stand such smoke and blazing; norindeed, I think, can the cavaliers. Regiment du Eoi rushingon, full gallop, to charge this Column, got one volley fromit [says Espagnac] which brought to the ground 460 enough that horses take the bit between their teeth; CHAP. VIII. BATTLE OF FONT
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