us here
or afterwards, We shall say only that Henri, to a wonderful extent,
maintained himself against the heavy overwhelming Daun and his Austrian
and Reichs masses; and that Napoleon, I know not after what degree of
study, pronounced this Campaign of 1761 to be the masterpiece of Henri,
and really a considerable thing, _"La campagne de 1761 est celle ou ce
Prince a vraiment montre des talents superieurs;_ the Battle of Freyberg
[wait till next Year] nothing in comparison." [Montholon, _Memoires de
Napoleon,_ vii. 324.] Which may well detain soldier-people upon it; but
must not us, in any measure. The result of Henri being what we said,--a
drawn game, or nearly so,--we will, without interference from him,
follow Friedrich and Goltz.

Friedrich and Goltz,--or, alas, it is very soon Friedrich alone; the
valiant Goltz soon perishing from his hand! After brief junction in
Schweidnitz Country, Friedrich detached Goltz to his old fortified
Camp at Glogau, there to be on watch. Goltz watching there, lynx-eyed,
skilful, volunteered a Proposal (June 22d): "Reinforce me to 20,000,
your Majesty; I will attack so and so of those advancing Russians!"
Which his Majesty straightway approved of, and set going. [Goltz's
Letter to the King, "Glogau, 22d June, 1761," is in Tempelhof (v.
88-90), who thinks the plan good.] Goltz thereupon tasked all his
energies, perhaps overmuch; and it was thought might at last really have
done something for the King, in this matter of the Russians still in
separate Divisions,--a thing feasible if you have energy and velocity;
always unfeasible otherwise. But, alas, poor Goltz, just when ready
to march, was taken with sudden violent fever, the fruit probably of
overwork; and, in that sad flame, blazed away his valiant existence
in three or four days:-gone forever, June 30th, 1761; to the regret of
Friedrich and of many.

Old Ziethen was at once pushed on, from Glogau over the frontier, to
replace Goltz; but, I doubt, had not now the requisite velocity: Ziethen
merely manoeuvred about, and came home "attending the Russians," as
Henri, Dohna and others had done. The Russians entered Silesia, from the
northeast or Polish side, without difficulty; and (July 15th-20th)
were within reach of Breslau and of an open road to southward, and to
junction with Loudon, who is astir for them there. About Breslau they
linger and higgle, at their leisure, for three weeks longer: and if
their junction with the Austrians