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With extreme reluctance the queen at length yielded to these importunities, and consented that an envoy should take the proposal to the Prussian camp at Molnitz. As the envoy was about to leave he expressed some apprehension that the Prussian king might reject the proffer. "I wish he may reject it," exclaimed the queen, passionately. "It would be a relief to my conscience.
The warlike character of the Prussian king was as yet undeveloped, and Neuperg, unconscious of the tremendous energies he was to encounter, and supposing that the Prussian garrisons would fly in dismay before him, was giving his troops, after their exhausting march, a few days of repose in the Vicinity of Molnitz.
From 1739 to 1741. Anguish of the King. Letter to the Queen of Russia. The imperial Circular. Deplorable Condition of Austria. Death of Charles VI. Accession of Maria Theresa. Vigorous Measures of the Queen. Claim of the Duke of Bavaria. Responses from the Courts. Coldness of the French Court. Frederic of Russia. His Invasion of Silesia. March of the Austrians. Battle of Molnitz.
With indignation she rejected all such counsel, declaring that she would never cede one inch of her territories to any claimant, and that, even if her allies all abandoned her, she would throw herself upon her subjects and upon her armies, and perish, if need be, in defense of the integrity of Austria. Frederic now established his court and cabinet at the camp of Molnitz.
At the camp of Molnitz the plan was matured of giving Bohemia and Upper Austria to the Duke of Bavaria. Frederic of Prussia was to receive Upper Silesia and Glatz. Augustus of Poland was to annex to his kingdom Moravia and Upper Silesia. Lombardy was assigned to Spain. Sardinia was to receive some compensation not yet fully decided upon.
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