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Towards this Waldau, Lacy is aiming all night; thence to pounce on our "left wing," which he will find to consist of those empty watch-fires merely. Daun's fires, Loudon's fires; vividly visible both: and, singular to say, there is nothing yonder either but a few sentries and deceptive drums!
But Mosel managed the defiles and Loudon this time; halted his train, dashed up into the woody heights and difficult grounds; stormed Loudon's cannon from him, smote Loudon in a valiant tempestuous manner; and sent him travelling again for the present. Loudon, I conjecture, would have struggled farther, had not he known that there would be a better chance again not very many miles ahead.
Soltikof's and Loudon's united intentions on Silesia he has well known this long while; and has been perpetually dunning Prince Henri on the subject, to no purpose, only hoping always there would probably be no great rapidity on the part of these discordant Allies.
Loudon, Beck with a smaller Satellite Corps, both these, unknown to Friedrich, lie ready on the east of him: Loudon's Army on the east; Daun's, Lacy's on the south and west; three big Armies, with their Satellites, gathering in upon this King: here is a Three-headed Dog, in the Tartarus of a world he now has!
The immediate object, therefore, of lord Loudon's attention was the relief of this place; but his design was strenuously opposed by the province of New York, and other northern governments, who were much more intent upon the reduction of Crown Point, and the security of their own frontiers, which they apprehended was connected with this conquest.
Sempill's powny, the same that fetched our kit." "Well, that's your job to-morrow. See, I'll write you a line to the station-master. And will you undertake to get it some way into the House?" "There's just the one road open by the rocks. It'll have to be done. It CAN be done." "And I've another job. I'm writing this telegram to a friend in Glasgow who will put a spoke in Mr. Loudon's wheel.
In Silesia, thanks to Loudon, small thanks to Loudon's Chief, they have got Glatz: Kosel they could not get; fiery Loudon himself stormed and blazed to no purpose there, and had to hurry home on sight of Goltz and relief. Glatz is the net sum-total. Daun knows all this; but in a stoical arithmetical manner, and refuses to be flurried by it.
He saw the girl in a little cottage, the window open to let the first of the spring air into the room, she lying well wrapped up on a couch, a few wild-flowers on the table, daffodils and primroses from the woods, pink-tipped daisies from the banks, the red dead-nettle from the hedge-rows, and perhaps herself, to please him, and out of gratitude as it were, reading some of Tannahill's songs, 'Loudon's bonnie woods and braes, 'Langsyne, beside the woodland burn, 'Keen blows the wind o'er the Braes o' Gleniffer, 'We'll meet beside the dusky glen on yon burn side. Poor child! she had probably seen but little of the country during her hard life.
"Loudon's trumpet withdrew. Pommern formed square round its baggage; Loudon's 5,000 came thundering in, fit to break adamant; but met such a storm of bullets from Pommern, they stopped about ten paces short, in considerable amazement, and wheeled back. Tried it again, still more amazement; the like a third time; every time in vain.
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