rd day of June, at two in the morning, he began the
assault with his whole army upon some redoubts which Fouquet occupied;
and these were carried one after another, though not without a very
desperate opposition. General Fouquet being summoned to surrender,
refused to submit; and having received two wounds, was at length taken
prisoner: about three thousand of his men escaped to Breslan; the
rest were killed or taken: but the loss of the victors is said to have
exceeded that of the vanquished. In July, general Laudohn undertook the
siege of Glatz, which was taken after a very faint resistance; for, on
the very day the batteries were opened against the place, the garrison
abandoned part of the fortifications, which the besiegers immediately
occupied. The Prussians made repeated efforts to regain the ground they
had lost; but they were repulsed in all their attempts. At length the
garrison laid down their arms, and surrendered at discretion. From this
tame behaviour of the Prussians, one would imagine the garrison must
have been very weak; a circumstance which we cannot reconcile with
the known sagacity of the Prussian monarch, as the place was of great
importance, on account of the immense magazine it contained, including
above one hundred brass cannon, a great number of mortars, and a vast
quantity of ammunition.

Laudohn, encouraged by this success at Glatz, advanced immediately to
Breslau, which he began to bombard with great fury [564] _[See Note 4 P,
at the end of this Vol.]_; but, before he could make a regular attack,
he found himself obliged to retire. Prince Henry of Prussia, one of
the most accomplished generals which this age produced, having received
repeated intelligence that the Russian army intended to join Laudohn at
Breslau, resolved to advance and give them battle before the purposed
junction. In the latter end of July he began his march from Gleissen,
and on the last day of that month had reached Linden, near Slauve, where
he understood that Tottleben's detachment only had passed through the
plains of Polnich-Lissa, and that the grand Russian army had marched
through Kosten and Gustin. The prince finding it impossible to pursue
them by that route, directed his march to Glogau, where he learned that
Breslau was besieged by general Laudohn, and immediately advanced by
forced marches to its relief. Such was his expedition, that in five
days he marched above one hundred and twenty English miles; and at his