Itsmarchingsandsiegings,amongthoseNorthwesternplaces,notoneofthemcapableofstandingaboveafewdays’siege,areworthnomention,excepttoParishHistory:enoughthat,bylittleafterthemiddleofAugust,Zweibruckhadgotalltheseplaces,\"Free—
withdrawal\"thetermsforall;andthat,exceptitbethefollowingfeatureintheirSiegeofTorgau,featuremainlyBiographic,andbelongingtoacertainColonelWolfersdorfconcerned,thereisnotoneofthoseSiegesnowworthamoment’sattentionfromalmostanymortal。ThisistheTorgaufeature,——featureofhumannature,soldieringunderdifficulties:——
COLONELVONWOLFERSDORFBEAUTIFULLYDEFENDSHIMSELFINTORGAU
(August9th—14th)。TwodaysafterLeipzigwashad,thereappearedatTorgauaBodyofPandours,2,000andmore;whoattemptedsomekindofscaladeonTorgauanditssmallGarrison(of700orso),——
whereareaMagazine,aHospitalandotherproperties:notcapable,byanygarrison,ofstandingregularsiege;butimportanttodefendtillyouhavepropertermsoffered。ThemultitudinousPandours,ifIremember,madearushintotheSuburbs,intheirusualvociferousway;butweremetbythe700silentPrussians,——silentexceptthroughtheirfire—armsandfield—pieces,——insoeloquentastyleassoonconvincedthePandourmind,andsentittravellingagain。