enri, on the contrary, is, in a sense, come to
hand. Crossed the Katzbach River this day, the Vanguard of him did, at
Parchwitz; and fell upon our Bakery; which has had to take the road.
"Guard the Bakery, all hands there," orders Loudon; "off to Striegau
and the Hills with it;"--and is himself gone thither after it, leaving
Breslau, Henri and the Russians to what fate may be in store for them.
Henri has again made one of his winged marches, the deft creature,
though the despondent; "march of 90 miles in three days [in the last
three, from Glogau, 90; in the whole, from Landsberg, above 200], and
has saved the State," says Retzow. "Made no camping, merely bivouacked;
halting for a rest four or five hours here and there;" [Retzow, ii.
230 (very vague); in Tempelhof (iv. 89, 90, 95-97) clear and specific
account.] and on August 5th is at Lissa (this side the Field of
Leuthen); making Breslau one of the gladdest of cities.

So that Soltikof, on arriving (village of Hundsfeld, August 8th), by the
other side of the River, finds Henri's advanced guards intrenched
over there, in Old Oder; no Russian able to get within five miles of
Breslau,--nor able to do more than cannonade in the distance, and ask
with indignation, "Where are the siege-guns, then; where is General
Loudon? Instead of Breslau capturable, and a sure Magazine for us, here
is Henri, and nothing but steel to eat!" And the Soltikof risen into
Russian rages, and the Montalembert sunk in difficulties: readers can
imagine these. Indignant Soltikof, deaf to suasion, with this dangerous
Henri in attendance, is gradually edging back; always rather back, with
an eye to his provisions, and to certain bogs and woods he knows of. But
we will leave the Soltikof-Henri end of the line, for the opposite end,
which is more interesting.--To Friedrich, till he got to Silesia itself,
these events are totally unknown. His cunctatory Henri, by this winged
march, when the moment came, what a service has he done!--

Tauentzien's behavior, also, has been superlative at Breslau; and was
never forgotten by the King. A very brave man, testifies Lessing of him;
true to the death: "Had there come but three, to rally with the King
under a bush of the forest, Tauentzien would have been one." Tauentzien
was on the ramparts once, in this Breslau pinch, giving orders; a
bomb burst beside him, did not injure him. "Mark that place," said
Tauentzien; and clapt his hat on it, continuing his orders, t