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NOVEMBER 24th, all Austrians make truce with Friedrich, Truce till March 1st; all Austrians, and what is singular, with no mention of the Reich whatever. The Reich is defenceless, at the feet of Kleist and his 6,000. Stollberg is still in Prussian neighborhood; and may be picked up any day!
Which cowed Stollberg from meddling with him farther, as he might have done. "FREYBERG, 29th October, 1762. "MY DEAREST BROTHER, It is a happiness for me to send you the agreeable news, That your Army has this day gained a considerable advantage over the combined Austrian and Reichs Army. Michael, when I came upon the Enemy's Army.
Stollberg hastens off to defend the Reich; finds the Reich quite empty of enemies before his arrival; and at least saves his own skin. A month or two more, and Stollberg will lay down his Command, and the last Reichs-Execution Army, playing Farce-Tragedy so long, make its exit from the Theatre of this World.
Behrens describes two ice-caves near Questenberg, in the county of Stollberg, on the Harz mountains. They both occur in limestone, and are known as the Great and Little Ice-holes. The one is close to the village of Questenberg, and consists of a chasm several fathoms deep, so cold that in summer the water trickling down its edges is frozen into long icicles.
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