ake
nothing of it; and, on wind of Goltz, went his way. [HOFBERICHT VON
DER BELAGERUNG VON KOSEL, IM OCTOBER 1760 (Seyfarth, _Beylagen,_ ii.
798-804): began "October 21st;" ended "at daybreak, October 27th."]
The Russians, on sound of Torgau, shouldered arms, and made for Poland.
Daun, for his own share, went to Vienna this Winter; in need of surgery,
and other things. The population there is rather disposed to be
grumbly on its once heroic Fabius; wishes the Fabius were a little less
cunctatory. But Imperial Majesty herself, one is proud to relate,
drove out, in Old Roman spirit, some miles, to meet him, her defeated
ever-honored Daun, and to inquire graciously about his health, which is
so important to the State. [Archenholtz, ii. 179.]

Torgau was Daun's last Battle: Daun's last battle; and, what is more to
the joy of readers and their Editor here, was Friedrich's last,--so
that the remaining Two Campaigns may fairly be condensed to an extreme
degree; and a few Chapters more will deliver us altogether from this
painful element!--

Daun lost at Torgau, by his own account, "about 11,000 men,"--should
have said, according to Tempelhof, and even to neutral persons, "above
12,000 killed and wounded, PLUS 8,000 prisoners, 45 cannon, 29 flags, 1
standard (or horse-flag)," [Tempelhof, iv. 213; Kausler, p. 726.] which
brings him to at least 20,000 minus;--the Prussian loss, heavy enough
too, being, by Tempelhof's admission, "between 13 and 14,000, of whom
4,000 prisoners." The sore loss, not so computable in arithmetic,--but
less sore to Daun, perhaps, than to most people,--is that of being
beaten, and having one's Campaign reduced to water again. No Conquest
of Saxony, any more than of Silesia, possible to Daun, this Year. In
Silesia, thanks to Loudon, small thanks to Loudon's Chief, they have got
Glatz: Kosel they could not get; fiery Loudon himself stormed and blazed
to no purpose there, and had to hurry home on sight of Goltz and relief.
Glatz is the net sum-total. Daun knows all this; but in a stoical
arithmetical manner, and refuses to be flurried by it.

Friedrich, as we said, had hoped something might be done in Saxony on
the defeated Daun;--perhaps Dresden itself be got back from him, and
his Army altogether sent to winter in Bohemia again? But it proved
otherwise. Daun showed not the least disposition to quit his Plauen
Chasm, or fall into discouragement: and after some weeks of diligent
trial, on Friedrich's par