第 22 节
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  did NOT lift our finger; has; so to speak; become our property; and we grant it the following terms:〃   〃1。 Kettle…drums; standards and the like insignia and matters of honor;carry these to the Konigstein; with my regretful respects to his Polish Majesty。 Konigstein to be a neutral Fortress during this War。 Polish Majesty at perfect liberty to go to Warsaw 'as he on the instant now did; and never returned'。   〃2。 Officers to depart on giving their parole; Not to serve against us during this War 'Parole given; nothing like too well kept'。   〃3。 Rest of the Army; with all its equipments; munitions; soul and body (so to speak); is to surrender utterly; and be ours; as all Saxony shall for the present be。〃 'In  Helden… Geschichte;  iii。 920…928; at full lengthwith Briedrich's MARGINALIA noticeably brief。'
  That is; in sum; the Capitulation of Struppen。 Nothing articulate in it about the one now interesting point;and in regard to that; I can only fancy Rutowski might interject; interrogatively; perhaps at some length: 〃Our soldiers to be Prisoners of War; then?〃 〃Prisoners; yes; clearly;unless they choose to volunteer; and have a better fate! Prisoners can volunteer。 They are at discretion; they would die; if we did NOT lift our finger!〃 thus I suppose Winterfeld would rejoin; if necessary;and that; in the Winterfeld…Rutowski Conferences; the thing had probably been kept in a kind of CHIAROSCURO by both parties。
  Very certain it is; Sunday; 17th October; 1756; Capitulation being signed the night before; Friedrich goes across at Nieder…Raden (where the Pilgrim of the Picturesque now climbs to see the BASTEI; where the Prussians have; by this time; a Bridge thrown together out of those Pontoons);goes across at Nieder…Raden; up that chasmy Pass; rides to the Heights of Waltersdorf; in the opener country behind; and pauses there; while the captive Saxon Army defiles past him; laying down its arms at his feet。 Unarmed; and now under Prussian word of command; these Ex…Saxon soldiers go on defiling; march through by that Chasm of Nieder…Raden; cross to Ober…Raden; and; in the plainer country thereabouts; arein I know not what length of hours; but in an incredibly short length; so swift is the managementchanged wholly into Prussian soldiers: 〃obliged to volunteer;〃 every one of them!
  That is the fact; fact loudly censured; fact surely questionable; to what intrinsic degree I at this moment do not know。 Fact much blamable before the loose public of mankind; upon which I leave men to their verdict。 It is not a fact which invites imitation; as we shall see! Fact how accomplished; by what methods? that would be the question with me; but even that is left dark。 〃The horse regiments; three of heavy horse; he broke; and distributed about; a good few in his own Garde…du…Corps。〃 Three other horse regiments were in Poland; the sole Saxon Army now left;of whom; at least of one man among whom; we may happen to hear。 〃Ten foot regiments 'what was reckoned a fault' he left together; in Prussian uniform; with Prussian Officers。 They were scattered up and down; put in garrisons; not easy handling them: they deserted by whole companies at a time in the course of this War。〃 'Preuss; ii。 22; 135; in Stenzel (v。 16…20) more precise details。' Not a measure for imitation; as we said!How Friedrich defended such hard conduct to the Saxons? Reader; I know only that Destiny and Necessity; urged on by Saxons and others; was hard as adamant upon Friedrich at this time; and that Friedrich did not the least dream of making any defence;and will have to take your verdict; such as it may be。
  Moritz of Dessau had a terrible Winter of it; organizing and breaking in these Saxon people;got by press…gang in this way。 Polish Majesty; 〃with 500 of suite;〃 had driven instantly for Warsaw; post…horses most politely furnished him; and all the Prussian posts and soldiers well kept out of his road;road chosen for him to that end。 Poor soul; he never came back。 For six years coming; he saw; from Warsaw in the distance (amid anarchy and NIE…POZWALAM; which he never lacked there); the wide War raging; in Saxony especially; and died soon after it was done。 Nor did Bruhl return; except broken by that event; and to die in few months after。 Let us pity the poor fat…goose of a Majesty (not ill…natured at all; only stupid and idle): some pity even to the doomed… phantasm Bruhl; if you can;and thank Heaven to have got done with such a pair!
  Friedrich's treatment of the Saxon Troops; Saxon Majesty and Country: who shall say that it was wise in all points? It would be singular treatment; if it were! In all things; AFTER is so different from BEFORE and DURING。 The truth is; Friedrich hoped long to have made some agreement with the Saxons。 And readers now; in the universal silence; have no notion of Friedrich's complexities from fact; and of the loud howl of hostile rumor; which was piping through all journals; diplomacies and foreign human throats; against him at that time。
  〃The essential passages of War and Peace;〃 says a certain Commentator; 〃during those Five weeks of Pirna; can be made intelligible in small compass。 But how the world argued of them then and afterwards; and rang with hot Gazetteer and Diplomatic logic from side to side; no reader will now ever know。 A world… tornado extinct; gone:think of the sounds uttered from human windpipes; shrill with rage some of them; hoarse others with ditto; of the vituperations; execrations; printed and vocal;grating harsh thunder upon Friedrich and this new course of his。 Huge melody of Discords; shrieking; droning; grinding on that topic; through the afflicted Universe in general; for certain years。 The very Pamphlets printed on it;cannot Dryasdust give me the number of tons weight; then? Dead now every Pamphlet of them; a thing fallen horrible to human nature; extinct forever; as is the wont in such cases。〃
  I will give only this of Voltaire; a mild Epigram; done at The DELICES; in pleasant view of Ferney and good things coming。 A bolt shot into the storm…tost Sea and its wreckages; by a Mariner now cheerily drying his clothes on the shore there;in fact; an indifferent Epigram; on Kings Friedrich and George; which is now flying about in select circles:
  〃Rivaux du Vainqueur de l'Euphrate;   L'Oncle et le Neveu; L'un fait la guerre en pirate;   L'autre en parti bleu。 〃
  〃Rivals of Alexander the Great; this Uncle and Nephew make war; the one as a Pirate 'seizure of those French ships'; the other 'Saxony stolen' as Captain of an Accidental Thieving…squad;〃PARTI BLEU; as the French soldiers call it。 'Walpole's LETTERS; 〃To Sir Horace Mann; 8th December; 1756。〃'
  MAP facing page 365; Chap VII; Book 17…
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  Pirna was no sooner done than Friedrich returned to the 〃Camp at Lobositz;〃 where his victorious Keith…Army has been lying all this while。 The Camp of Lobositz; and all Camps Prussian and Austrian; are about to strike their tents; and proceed to Winter…quarters; to prepare against next Spring。 Friedrich set off thither October 18th (the very day after that of Waltersdorf); with intent to bring home Keith's Army; and see if Browne meant anything farther (which Browne did not; or does only in the small Tolpatch way); also to meet; Schwerin; whom he had summoned over from Silesia for a little conference there。 Schwerin; after eating Konigsgratz Country well; which was all he could do; as Piccolomini would not come out; and we know how strong the ground is;had retired to Silesia again; in due season (snapping up; in a sharply conclusive manner; any Tolpatcheries that attempted chase of him); taken Winter cantonments in Silesia; headquarter Schweidnitz; and is now getting his Instructions; here personally; in the Metal Mountains; for a day or two。 ' Helden…Geschichte;  iii。 946; 948。'
  Friedrich brought his Keith…Army home to Gross…Sedlitz; to join the other Force there; and distributed the whole into their Winter… quarters。 Cantoned far and wide; spreading out from Pirna on both hands: on the left or western hand; by Zwickau; Freyberg; Chemnitz; up to Leipzig; Torgau; and on the right or northeast hand; by Zittau; Gorlitz; Bautzen; to protect the Lausitz against Austrian inroads;while a remote Detachment; under Winterfeld; watches the Bober River with similar views。 'In  Helden…Geschichte;  iii。 948 et seq。; a minute List by Place and Regiment。' All which done; or settled to be done; Friedrich quits Gross…Sedlitz; November 14th; and takes up his abode at Dresden for this Winter。
  Chapter VIII。
  WINTER IN DRESDEN。
  The Saxon Army is incorporated; then; its King gone under the horizon; the Saxon Country has a Prussian Board set over it; to administer all things of Government; especially to draw taxes and recruits from Saxony。 Torgau; seat of this new Board; has got fortified; 〃1;500 inhabitants were requisitioned as spademen for that end; at first with wages;〃latterly; I almost fear; without!
  The Saxon Ministers are getting drilled; cashiered if necessary; and on all hands; rigorous methods going forward;till Saxony is completely under grasp; in which state it was held very tight indeed; for the six years coming。 There i