NeverbeforeorsincewasseeninFrankfurtsuchaSaturday,forbellowingandbraying,andragingandtumulting,allthroughthedayandthroughthenight;usheringinsuchaSundaytoo!
Sundayabout3inthemorning,Friedrichisonmarchagain,——
Russiansstillintheirplace;andDispositionFIRST,notSECONDatall,tobeourruleofaction!Friedrich,inTwoColumns,marchesoff,eastwardthroughthewoods,asifforReppenquiteawayfromtheRussiansandtheirMuhlberg;butintendingtocircleroundattheduepoint,andcomedownupontheirrightflankthere(leftflank,ashepersiststocallit),outofthewoods,andclaspitinhisarmsinanimpressive,unexpectedway。InTwoColumns;
whicharemeant,asusual,tobetheTwoLinesofBattle:Seidlitz,withchosenCavalry,isattheheadofColumnFirst,andwillbeLeftWing,wereweontheground;EugenofWurtemberg,closingtherearofColumnFirst,will,he,orFinckandhetogether,beRightWing。Thatistheorderofmarch;——orderofBATTLE,weshallfind,hadtoalteritselfsomewhat,forreasonsextremelyvalid!
Finckwithhis12,000istokeephispresentground;tohavetwogoodbatteriesgotready,eachonitsknollahead,whichshallwaitsilentintheinterim:Fincktorideoutreconnoitring,withmanyGeneralOfficers,andtomakemotionsandostentations;inaword,topersuadetheRussiansthathereistheMainArmycomingonfromthenorth。AllwhichFinckdoes;avoiding,ashisorderswere,anyfiring,orseriouscommencementofbusiness,tilltheKingreappearoutofthewoods。TheRussiansgiveFinckandhisGeneralOfficersacannonsalvo,hereandthere,withouteffect,andgetnoanswer。