, many took shelter
in Prague, and many more were driven into the river and drowned. At the
same time this attack began, a regiment of horse-grenadiers fell upon
a redoubt which the Prussians had thrown up, supported by the Hungarian
infantry: they returned three times to the assault, and were as often
beat back by the Prussians, whom they found it impossible to dislodge;
though prince Ferdinand of Brunswick's battalion, which guarded this
post, suffered extremely. During this attack the enemy kept an incessant
fire with their musquetry upon the whole front of the Prussians, from
the convent of St. Margaret to the river. At three in the morning the
Prussians quitted their camp to engage the enemy. The battalion of
Pannewitz attacked a building called the Red-house, situated at the
bottom of a declivity, before Wellastowitz. The pandours who had taken
possession of this house, fired upon them incessantly from all the doors
and windows until they were dislodged; and the Prussian battalions were
obliged to sustain the fire both of cannon and musquetry for above two
hours, when the enemy retired to the city, except the pandours, who
again took possession of the Red-house, which the Prussians were forced
to abandon, because the artillery of Prague kept a continual fire upon
it from the moment it was known to be in their hands. The Austrians left
behind them many dead and wounded, besides deserters; and the Prussians,
notwithstanding the loss of several officers and private men, made some
prisoners. Prince Ferdinand, the king of Prussia's youngest brother, had
a horse killed under Mm, and was slightly wounded in the face.

The Prussian works being completed, and heavy artillery arrived, four
batteries, erected on the banks of the Moldaw, began to play with great
fury. Near three hundred bombs, besides an infinity of ignited balls,
were thrown into the city in the space of twenty-four hours. The scene
was lamentable, houses, men, and horses wrapped in flames and reduced to
ashes. The confusion within, together with the want of proper artillery
and ammunition, obliged the Austrians to cease firing, and furnished
his Prussian majesty with all the opportunity he could wish of pouring
destruction upon this unfortunate city. The horrors of war seemed to
have extinguished the principles of humanity. No regard was paid to
the distress of the inhabitants; the Austrians obstinately maintained
possession, and the Prussians practised ever