out ten the king was obliged to retire to Dobreschutz, with the loss
of seven thousand men, of all his tents, and part of his baggage. Nor
had the Austrian general much cause to boast of his victory. His loss
of men was pretty nearly equal to that of the Prussian monarch; and,
whatever reputation he might have acquired in foiling that enterprising
prince, certainly his design did not take effect in its full extent,
for the Prussians were next day in a condition to hazared another
engagement. The king of Prussia had sustained no damage which he could
not easily repair, except the death of mareschal Keith, which was
doubtless an irreparable misfortune. [468] _[See note 3 Q, at the end of
this Vol.]_

His Prussian majesty remained with his army ten days at Dobreschutz,
during which he endeavoured to bring the Austrians to a second
engagement; but count Daun declined the invitation, and kept his forces
advantageously posted on eminences planted with artillery. His aim
having been frustrated at Hochkirchen, where he fought with many
advantages on his side, he would not hazard another battle upon equal
terms, with such an enterprising enemy, rendered more vigilant by the
check he had received, already reinforced from the army of prince Henry,
and eager for an opportunity to retrieve the laurel which had been
snatched from him by the wiles of stratagem, rather than by the hand
of valour. Count Daun, having nothing more to hope from the active
operations of his own army, contented himself with amusing the Prussian
monarch in Lusatia, while the Austrian generals, Harsche and De Ville,
should prosecute the reduction of Neiss and Cosel in Silesia, which
they now actually invested. As the Prussian monarch could not spare
detachments to oppose every different corps of his enemies that acted
against him in different parts of his dominions, he resolved to make
up in activity what he wanted in number, and, if possible, to raise the
siege of Neiss in person. With this view he decamped from Dobreschutz,
and, in sight of the enemy, marched to Goerlitz without the least
interruption. From thence he proceeded towards Silesia with his usual
expedition, notwithstanding all the endeavours and activity of general
Laudohn, who harassed the rear of the Prussians, and gained some petty
advantages over them.. Count Daun not only sent this detached corps
to retard them in their march; but at the same time, by another route,
detached a strong reinfor