war.
They were not only unnecessarily sacrificed in various exploits of no
consequence, but lavishly exposed to all the rigour and distemper of
winter campaigns, which were introduced on the continent, in despite
of nature, and in contempt of humanity. Such are the improvements of
warriors without feeling! such the refinements of German discipline! On
the day that succeeded the defeat at Cunersdorf, the king of Prussia,
having lost the best part of his army, together with his whole train
of artillery, repassed the Oder, and encamped at Retwin, from whence he
advanced to Fustenwalde, and saw with astonishment the forbearance of
the enemy. Instead of taking possession of Berlin, and overwhelming the
wreck of the king's troops, destitute of cannon, and cut off from
all communication with prince Henry, they took no step to improve the
victory they had gained. Laudohn retired with his horse immediately
after the battle; and count Soltikoff marched with part of the Russians
into Lusatia, where he joined Daun, and held consultations with that
general. Perhaps the safety of the Prussian monarch was owing to the
jealousy subsisting among his enemies. In all probability, the court of
Vienna would have been chagrined to see the Russians in possession of
Brandenburgh, and therefore thwarted their designs upon that electorate.
The king of Prussia had now reason to be convinced, that his situation
could not justify such a desperate attack as that in which he had
miscarried at Cunersdorf; for if the Russians did not attempt the
reduction of his capital, now that he was totally defeated, and the
flower of his army cut off, they certainly would not have aspired at
that conquest while he lay encamped in the neighbourhood with fifty
thousand veterans, inured to war, accustomed to conquer, confident of
success, and well supplied with provisions, ammunition, and artillery.
As the victors allowed him time to breathe, he improved this interval
with equal spirit and sagacity. He re-assembled and refreshed his broken
troops: he furnished his camp with cannon from the arsenal at Berlin,
which likewise supplied him with a considerable number of recruits; he
recalled general Kleist, with five thousand men, from Pome-rania, and in
a little time retrieved his former importance.

ADVANTAGES GAINED BY THE PRUSSIANS IN SAXONY.

The army of the empire having entered Saxony, where it reduced Leipsic,
Torgau, and even took possession of Dresden it