he had; and has marched this day,--his Vanguard has, mostly Horse,
whom the Foot will follow to-morrow,--a distance of forty miles, on this
fine errand. Delicate manoeuvring, by these wearied horsemen, to enter
Berlin amid uncertain jostlings, under the shine of Russian bombardment;
ecstatic welcome to them, when they did get in,--instant subscription
for fat oxen to them; a just abundance of beef to them, of generous beer
I hope not more than an abundance: phenomena which, with others of
the like, could be dwelt on, had we room. [Tempelhof, iv. 266-290;
Archenholtz, ii. 122-148; _Helden-Geschichte,_ vi. 103-149, 350-352; &c.
&c.]'

"Tottleben, under these omens, found it would not do; wended off towards
his Czernichef next morning; eastward again as far as Copenik, Prince
Eugen attending him in a minatory manner: and, in Berlin for the moment,
the bad ten hours were over. For four days more, the fate of things hung
dubious; hope soon fading again, but not quite going out till the fifth
day. And this, in fact, was mainly all of bombardment that the City
had to suffer; though its fate of capture was not to be averted. Is not
Tottleben gone? Yes; but Lacy, marching at a rate he never did before
(except from Bischofswerda), is arrived in the environs this same
evening, cautious but furious. The King is far away; what are Eugen's
5,000 against these?

"On the other hand, Hulsen, leaving his Saxon affairs to their
chance,--which, alas, are about extinct, at any rate; except Wittenberg,
all Saxony gone from us!--Hulsen is on winged march hitherward with
about 9,000. 'How would the King come on wings, like an eagle from the
Blue, if he were but aware!' thought everybody, and said. Hulsen did
arrive on the 8th; so that there are now 14,000 of us. Hulsen did;--but
no King could; the King is just starting (October 4th, the King, on
these bad rumors about Saxony, about Berlin, quitted the attempt on
Daun; October 7th, got on march hitherward; has finished his first
march hitherward,--Daun gradually preparing to attend him in the
distance),--when Hulsen arrives. And here are all their Lacys,
Czernichefs fairly assembled; five to two of us,--35,000 of them against
our 14,000.

"Hulsen and Eugen, drawn out in their skilfulest way, manoeuvred about,
all this Wednesday, 8th; attempted, did not attempt; found on candid
examination, That 14,000 VERSUS 35,000 ran a great risk of being
worsted; that, in such case, the fate of the City m