o the indomitable bravery of Zeidlitz and the cavalry.
His conduct at Leuthen could not be surpassed; and his manner of
promoting General Prince Maurice of Dessau, who had most nobly aided
him in the battle, was highly characteristic. "I congratulate you on
the victory, _Field-marshal_," said Frederick, when they met on the
field. The prince was still so much occupied with what was going
forward, that he did not mark the exact words the king had used, till
the latter again called out, "Don't you hear, _Field-marshal_, that I
congratulate you on the victory gained?" when the newly promoted made
due acknowledgments in course. Frederick, in his great contest, was
assisted by an English, Hessian, and Hanoverian army, as well as by
English subsidies; but, making full allowance for the value of these
auxiliaries, it must still be admitted that great genius and courage
were required to enable a King of Prussia to resist the combined
forces of France, Austria, Russia, and Sweden. Frederick effected
this, and his conduct deservedly obtained for him the name of "Great."

[Footnote 1: It was the evening succeeding this battle of
Leuthen that Frederick, himself leading the advance after the
flying Austrians, entered the little town of Lissa, where a
body of the enemy, never dreaming the pursuit could reach so
far, were resting for the night. Frederick was as surprised
as they when, on entering a room of the principal inn, he
found it filled with Austrian officers. He had but a handful
of troops with him, and, had his enemies known it, was their
prisoner. But with the utmost coolness he saluted them,
"Good-evening, gentlemen. Is there still room for me, think
you?" Whereon the frightened Austrians, thinking themselves
surrounded by the whole Prussian army, decamped in wild
haste, and getting their troops together as they could, fled
from the dangerous neighborhood.]

During his first two wars, and till the period of the battle of
Rossbach in the third war, he always kept at a distance from the
scene, which may be allowed in a commander who has to overlook the
whole, and is not called upon to defend posts or lead attacks in
person. After the above period, however, and when he perceived that
the nature of the contest, and public opinion itself, demanded greater
exertions from him, he several times, on due deli