Ontheotherhand，theAustrianandSaxongentlemen，fromtheirGallows—HillatHohenfriedberg，notice，fourorfivemilesinthedistance，oppositethem，oralittletotheleftofopposite，aBodyofPrussianhorseandfoot，visiblywendingnorthward；likealongglitteringserpent，theglitteroftheirmusketsflashingbackyonderontheafternoonsunandus，astheymountfromhollowtoheight。Tenortwelvethousandofthem；makingforStriegau，toappearance。Intendingtobivouacorbilletthere，andkeepsomekindofwatchoverus；belikewithaneyetobeingrear—guard，ontheretreattowardsBreslauto—morrow？Orwilltheyretreatwithoutattemptingmischief？SerenityofWeissenfelsengagestoseizetheheightsandproperposts，overyonder，thisnightyet；andwilltakeStriegauitself，thefirstthing，to—morrowmorning。
Yes，yourSerenities，thosearePrussiansinmovement:VanguardCorpsofDumoulin，Winterfeld；——RittmeisterSeydlitzridesyonder:
——anditisnottheirnotiontoretreatwithoutmischief。Fortherestands，notsofaroff，ontheStanowitzFuchsberg，abrisklittleGentleman，ifyoucouldnoticehim；withhiseyesfixedonyou，andplansintheheadofhimnowgettingnearlymature。Forcertain，heispushingoutthatcolumnofmen；andallmannerofothercolumnsaregettingordertopushout，andtaketheirground；andto—morrowmorning——youwillnotfindhiminretreat！SucharethephenomenainthatStriegau—Hohenfriedbergregion，whilethesunisbendingwestward，onThursday，3dJune，1745。
\"FromHohenfriedberg，whichleansagainstthehigherMountains，theremaybe，acrosstoStriegaunortheast，whichstandswellapartfromthem，amonglowerHillsofitsown，adistanceofaboutfiveEnglishmiles。Theinterveningcountryisofflat，thoughuplandnature:thefirstbroadstage，orSTAIR—STEP，sotospeak，leadingdownintothegeneralinteriorlevelsofSilesiainthoseparts。
Atractwhichisnowtolerablydriedbydraining，butwasthenmarshyaswellasbushy:——flattotheeye，yetmustbeimperceptiblyconvexedalittle，forthelineofwatershedishereabouts:walkfromHohenfriedbergtoStriegau，thewateronyourlefthandflows，thoughmainlyinditchesorimperceptibleoozings，tothenorthandwest，——theretofallintoaneasternforkoftheRoaringNeisse[oneofourthreenewNeisses，whichisaveryquietstreamhere；runsclosebytheMountainbase，fedbymanytorrents，andmustgetitsname，WUTHENDEorRoaring，fromthesuddennessofitsfloods]:intothis，boundnorthwardandwestward，runoroozeallwatersonyourlefthand，asyougotoStriegau。Righthand，again，ortoeastward，youwillfindallsauntering，orrunninginvisiblebrooksintoStriegauWater[littleRivernotabletous]，whichcomescirclingfromtheMountains，pastHohenfriedberg，farthersouth；andhasgottosomeforceasastreambeforeitreachesStriegau，andturnsabruptlyeastward；——eastward，tojoinSchweidnitzWater，andformwithittheSECONDstair—stepdownwardstothePlainCountry。HasitsFuchsbergs，Kuhbergsandlittleknollsandheightsinterspersed，onbothsidesofit，intheconceivableway。