……\"ItiscertaintheFrenchintendgloriously；regardlessofexpense。TheyaredismantlingFreyburg，torenderitharmlesshenceforth。But，withal，inanswertothepoorKaiser’sshrieks，theyhavesentSegur[ouroldLinzfriend]，with12，000，toassistSeckendorf；’thebravesttroopsintheworld，’\"——whodidbravelytakeonebeating（atPfaffenhofen，aswillbeseen），andgohomeagain。（\"TheyhaveCoignyguardingthosefineBrisgauConquests。Andarefurthermorediplomatizingdiligently，nottosaytruculently，intheRhineCountries；bullyingpoorlittlefatKur—Trier，leanKur—Kolnandothers，’TojointheFrankfurtUnion’
（notoneofwhomwould，undermenace），——though’itisthecleardutyofallReich’s—PrinceswithaKaiserunderoppression:’——andhavemarchedMaillebois，directlyafterFreyburg，intotheMiddle—
RhineCountries，toKolnCountry，toMainzCountry，andtoandfro，insupportofsaidcompulsorydiplomacies；——butwithouttheleasteffect。\"
Tothe\"Middle—RhineCountries，\"observe，andunderMaillebois，thenunderConti，littlematterunderwhom:onlyletreadersrecollectthenameofit；——foritistheFIRSToftheFrenchAttemptstodosomethingofajoint—stocknature；somethingforselfANDAllies，insteadofforselfonly。Itcausedgreatalarminthosemonths，toBritannicGeorgeandothers；andbroughtoutpoorDucd’Ahrembergwithportions（noEnglishincluded）ofthepoorPragmaticArmy，togomarchingaboutinthewinterslushes，insteadofrestinginbed，[Adelung，iv。276，420（\"December，1744—June，1745\"）。]——andisindeedaveryloudbusinessintheoldGazettesandbooks，tillAugustcoming。BusinesswhichalmostbrokepoorD’Ahremberg’sheart，hesays，\"tillonceIgotoutofit\"（wasTURNEDout，infact）:BusinessofPragmaticArmy，underD’Ahremberg，VERSUSMiddle—RhineArmyunderMaillebois，underConti；BusinessnowwhollyofZeroVERSUSZerotous，——exceptforafewdatesandreflexglimmeringsuponKingFriedrich。Resultotherwise——WeshallseetheResult！
\"AttemptSECONDwasstillmoreimportanttoFriedrich；beingdirectedupontheKaiserandBavaria。Belleisleistogothitherandtakesurvey；Belleislethitherfirst:youmayjudgeiftheintentionissincere！Valoriisquiteeloquentuponit。