ThePrussianstaketheirpostatandroundHennersdorfthatnight;
——bivouacking,thoughonlyinsacktrousers,ablanketeachman:——
\"Weworkhard,mymen,andsufferallthingsforadayortwo,thatitmaysavemuchworkafterwards,\"saidtheKingtothem;andtheycheerfullybivouacked。
ThiswastheActionofKatholisch—Hennersdorf,foughtonTuesday,23dNovember,1745;andstillcelebratedinthePrussianAnnals,andreckonedabrilliantpassageofwar。KATHOLISCH—Hennersdorf,sometenmilessouthwestofNaumburgONTHEQUEISS(forthereare,tomyknowledge,Twenty—fiveotherVillagescalledHennersdorf,andThreeseveralTownsofNaumburg,andmanyCastlesandHamletssonamedindearGermanyoftheNomenclatures):——Katholisch—
Hennersdorfistheplace,andTuesdayaboutduskthetime。Asharpbrushoffighting;notgreatinquantity,butlaidinattherightmoment,intherightplace。Liketheprickofaneedle,dulysharp,intothespinalmarrowofagiganticobject;totallyruinoustosuchobject。Never,orrarely,intheAnnalsofWar,wasasmuchgoodgotofsolittlefighting。Youmay,withlaborandperil,plungeahundreddirksintoyourboaconstrictor;hackhimwithaxes,brayhimwithsledge—hammers;thatisnotuncommon:buttheonetrueprickinthespinalmarrow,andtheArtistthatcanguideyouwelltothat,heanditarethenotableandbeneficentphenomena。