RussianmainArmycleangone;alreadygottoJauer,aswehear;andBeckwithaDivisiontoseethemsafeacrosstheOder;——onlyCzernichefand20,000beingleft,asaCorpsofLoudon’s。Who,withallAustrians,arequietintheirHeightsofKunzendorfagain。
Andthus,onthetwentiethmorning,September10th,thisstrangeBusinessterminated。Shotofthosebatteriesisdrawnagain;
powderofthoseminesliftedoutagain:nofiringofyourheavyArtilleryatall,norevenofyourlight,aftersuchelaboratechargingandshovingofithitherandthitherforthelastthreeweeks。ThePrussiansceasetheirbivouacking,nightlystrikingoftents;andencamphenceforthinamerelyhumanmanner;their\"SpanishRiders\"(FRISIANHorse,CHEVAUX—DE—FRISE,othersofuscallthem),theirStorm—palesandelaboratewoodenEngineerings,theygraduallyburnasfuelinthecoldnights;findingLoudonabsolutelyquiescent,andthatthethingisover,forthepresent。
Onehugeperilhandsomelystavedaway,thoughsomanyothersimpend。
BywayofacceleratingButturlin,Friedrich,nextday,September11th,despatchedGeneralPlatenwithsome8,000(soIwillguessthemfromTempelhof’senumerationbybattalions),togetroundtheflankofButturlin,andburnhisMagazines。Platen,avaliantskilfulperson,didthisbusiness,ashewasapttodo,inashiningstyle;shotdexterouslyforwardbytheskirtsofButturlin;