MentzelrodegloriouslytoTrarbach,intoLorraine;stuckupProclamation,\"HungarianMajestycome,byGod’shelp,forherownagain,\"andthelike;——ofwhichDocument,nowfallenrare,wegivetextuallythelastline:\"AndifanyofyouDON’T[don’tsitquietatleast],Iwill,\"tobebrief,\"firstcutoffyourearsandnoses,andthenhangyououtofhand。\"ThesingularChampionofChristendom,famoustothethenGazetteers![InAdelung(iii。B,193)theProclamationatlarge。Ihave,oroncehad,a
LifeofMentzel(Dublin,Ithink,1744),\"pricetwopence,\"——dearatthemoney。]NothingfarthercouldGeorge,withhisDutchnowadjoined,dointhoseparts,butwriggleslightlytoandfrowithoutaim;orstandabsolutelystill,andeatprovision(greatuncertaintyanddiscrepancyamongtheGenerals,andStairgoneinahuff[Went,\"August27th,byWorms\"(Henderson,
LifeofCumberlund,p。48),justwhilehisMajestywasbeginningtocross。]),——tillatlengththe\"CombinedPragmaticTroops\"returnedtoMainz(October11th);andthence,dreadfullyinill—humorwitheachother,separatedintotheirwinter—quartersintheNetherlandsandadjacentregions。
PrinceKarltriedhardinseveralplaces;hardestat,Alt—Breisach,faruptheRiver,withSwabianFreiburgforhisplaceofarms;——anAustrianCountryallthat,\"HithcrAustria,\"SwabianAustria。
There,atAlt—Breisach,layPrinceKarl(24thAugust—3dSeptember),hisleftleaningonthatvenerablesugar—loafHill,withthetowersandrampartsonthetopofit;lookingwistfullyintoAlsace,iftherewerenowayofgettingatit。Hedidgetoncehalf—wayacrosstheRiver,lodginghimselfinanIslandcalledRheinmark;butcouldgetnofarther,owingtotheNoailles—Coignypreparationsforhim。