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A horrible thing in its way, it is true; but how could the Pandour tyrant brave the infection of democratic doctrines among his own barbarian armies? Were not placards, addressed to our "German brethren," posted upon the walls of Paris, exhorting the Pandours to fraternise with their fellow-creatures?
Sunday, June 26th, at Podschernitz on the old Field of Prag, a week and a day after Kolin, they did get together; still seemingly a little puzzled, "Shall we follow the King? Shall we follow Moritz and Bevern?" nothing clear for some time, except to send out Pandour parties upon both.
And then the Saxons, at Kromau or wherever they may be: no end of trouble and vexation with these Saxons. Their quarters are not fairly allotted, they say; we make exchange of quarters, without improvement noticeable. "One fine day, on some slight alarm, they came rushing over to us, all in panic; ruined, merely by Pandour noises, had not we marched them back, and reinstated them."
Friedrich's thousand-fold preliminary orderings, movements, rearrangings in his Army matters, must not detain us here; still less his dealings with the Pandour element, which is troublesome, rather than dangerous. Vigilance, wise swift determination, valor drilled to its work, can deal with phenomena of that nature, though never so furious and innumerable.
The Old Dessauer his 20,000 not with him, at the moment, but resting some way behind, till he return is to go eastward with part of them; eastward, Troppau-Jablunka way, and drive those Pandour Insurgencies to their own side of the Mountains: a job Old Leopold likes better than that of the Gottin Camp of last year.
But, indisputably, the Pandour spurts on him do become Pandour gushings, with regulars also noticeable: it is certain the Austrians are out, pretending first to mean the King and Leitmeritz; but knowing better, and meaning the Prince and Bohm Leipa all the while." By way of supplement, take Daun's positions in the interim:
After which, though there remained a good deal of rough tussling with Pandour details, and some rugged exploits of fight, there is except that of Lehwald in clearing of Glatz nothing farther that we can afford to speak of. "PLOMNITZ, NEAR HABELSCHWERT, 14th FEBRUARY, 1745.
It was in the Nahorzan time too that Trenck, who had, in spite of express order to the contrary, been writing to his Cousin the indigo Pandour, was put under arrest when found out. 'Wrote merely about horses: purchase of horses, so help me God! protests the blusterous Life-guardsman, loud as lungs will, whether with truth in them, nobody can say.
Instead of answering, the child begins to cry; the Doctor's appearance had no doubt frightened the poor little imp. "Send that squalling little brat about his business, and do what I bid ye, sir," says the Doctor. "I must finish, the picture first for Tommy," says the Colonel, laughing. "Here, Tommy, will you have your Pandour with whiskers or without?"
Having crossed the little bridge, a pandour, who was sitting under the willows, rose, came forward, and, touching his hat, presented the Natchalnik's compliments, and said that he was instructed to conduct me to his house. Losnitza is situated on the last undulation of the Gutchevo range, as the mountains we had all day kept in view were called.
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