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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
rederic his mother, whom he chap. XII.} 1757. loved most tenderly. A few friends remained faithful to him, cheering him by their correspondence. O, that Heaven had heaped all ills on me alone! said his affectionate sister; I would have borne them with firmness. Having vainly attempted to engage the enemy in Aug. Silesia in a pitched battle, Frederic repaired to the West, to encounter the united army of the Imperialists and French. I can leave you no large garrison, was his message to Fink at Dresden; but be of good cheer; to keep the city will do you vast honor. On his way, he learns that the Austrians have won a victory over Winterfeld and Bevern, his generals in Sept. Silesia, that Winterfeld had fallen, that Bevern had retreated to the lake near Breslau, and was opposed by the Austrians at Lissa. On the eighth of September, the day after the great disaster in Silesia, the Duke of Cumberland, having been defeated and compelled to retire, signed for his army and for Hanove