unopposedaltogether;notevenaPandourhavingattackedhimovernight。Butnosoonerisheunderway,thanDauntoorises;
Daun,Loudon,closeby,ontheothersideofKatzbach,andkeepstepwithus,onourright;Lacy’slightpeoplehoveringonourrear:——threetruculentfellowsinbuckram;fancythefeelingsoftheway—wornsolitaryfourth,whomtheyaregloomilydogginginthisway!ThesolitaryfourthdoeshisfifteenmilestoLiegnitz,unmolestedbythem;encampsontheHeightswhichlookdownonLiegnitzoverthesouth;finds,however,thattheLoudon—Daunpeoplehavelikewisebeendiligent;thattheynowliestretchedoutontheirrightbank,threeorfourmilesup—streamortorearward,andwhatisfarworse,sevenmilesdownwards,orahead:that,infact,theyareamarchnearerParchwitzthanhe;——andthatthereisagainnopossibility。\"PerhapsbyJauer,then,still?Outofthis,andatlowest,intosomevicinityofbread,itdoesbehooveustobe!\"At11thatnightFriedrichgetsonmarchagain;returnsthewayhecame。And,AUGUST11th,Atdaybreak,isbacktohisoldground;nothingnowtoopposehimbutLacy,whoisgoneacrossfromGoldberg,tolingerasrearoftheDaun—Loudonmarch。FriedrichstepsacrossonLacy,thirstingtohaveastrokeatLacy;whovanishesfastenough,leavingthegroundclear。Couldbutourbaggagehavecomeasfastaswe!Butourbaggage,Quintusguardingandurging,hastogroanonforfivehoursyet;andwithoutit,thereisnostirring。
Fivemortalhours;——bywhichtime,Daun,Lacy,Loudonareallupagain;betweenusandJauer,betweenusandeverythinghelpful;——
andFriedrichhastoencampinSeichau,——\"averypoorVillageintheMountains,\"writesMitchell,whowaspainfullypresentthere,\"surroundedonallsidesbyHeights;onseveralofwhich,intheevening,theAustrianstookcamp,separatedfromusbyadeepravineonly。\"[Mitchell,ii。194。]
OutlooksaregrowingveryquestionabletoMitchellandeverybody。