PrinceKarl，someweeksago，atHeilbronn，joinedhisRhineArmy，whichhadgatheredthitherfromtheAustrianside，throughBaiern，andfromtheHither—AustrianorSwabianWinter—quarters；withfullintenttobeacrosstheRhine，andhomeuponElsassandtheCompensationCountries，thisSummer，underwhatdifficultiessoever。Karl，or，assomewhisper，oldMarshalTraun，whoisnominallysecondincommand，domakeagloriouscampaignofit，thisYear；——andlifttheCauseofLiberty，atonetime，tothehighestpitchiteverreached。Here，inbriefterms，isPrinceKarl’sOperationontheRhine，muchadmiredbymilitarymen:——
\"STOCKSTADT，JUNE20th，1744。SomethirtyandoddmilesnorthofMannheim，theRhine，beforeturningwestwardatMainz，makesoneotherofitsmanyIslands（ofwhichtherearehundredssincetheleapatSchaffhausen）:oneother，andIthinkthebiggestofthemall；perhapstwomilesbyfive；whichtheGermanscallKUHKOPF
（Cowhead），fromtheshapeithas，——anarrowsemi—ellipse；
Rivertheresplittingintwo，onesplit（thewestern）goingstraight，theotherbendingluxuriantlyround:sothattheHIND—
headorstraightendoftheIslandliestowardsFrance，andtheroundend，orcow—LIPS（sotospeak）towardsnativeTeutschland，andthewoodyHillsoftheBerg—Strassethereabouts。Stockstadt，chieflittleTownlookingoverintothisCowheadIsland，liesundertheCHIN:understandonlyfartherthattheGermanbranchcarriesmorethantwo—thirdsoftheRiver；thatontheIslanditselfthereisnotown，orpostofdefence；andthatStockstadtistheplaceforgettingover。CoignyandtheFrench，some40，000，areguardingtheRiverhereabouts，withlines，withbatteries，cordons，thebesttheycan；Seckendorf，with20，000more（’Imperial’OldBavarianTroops，revivified，recruitedbyFrenchpay），isinhisgarrisonofPhilipsburg，readytohelpwhenneeded:\"——notmoultingnow，atWembdingen，inthatdismalmanner；new—featherednowinto\"Kaiser’sArmy；\"waitinginhisPhilipsburgtoguardtheRiverthere。