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Frederick stood on the bloody field like one dazed

Frederick stood on the bloody field like one dazed.jpg Frederick at the watch-fire before the battle of LiegnitzThumbnailsFrederick at the watch-fire before the battle of LiegnitzThumbnailsFrederick at the watch-fire before the battle of LiegnitzThumbnailsFrederick at the watch-fire before the battle of LiegnitzThumbnailsFrederick at the watch-fire before the battle of LiegnitzThumbnailsFrederick at the watch-fire before the battle of LiegnitzThumbnails
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Frederick stood on the bloody field like one dazed, and it was only by chance he was saved from capture by some Russians and Austrians who approached the spot where he was standing. Captain Prittiwitz, his fortunate star, happened to be passing near by, with forty hussars. Lieutenant Belten suddenly exclaimed: “Captain Prittiwitz, yonder stands the King.”

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The captain immediately turned his horse and rode forward with his men to the King, who was standing with folded arms upon a sandy hillock and alone, save for a single attendant who held his horse. His sword was sticking in the sand in front of him. The captain had considerable trouble in persuading the King to mount his horse, for at that instant Frederick was on the very verge of despair. To the appeal of the captain, he replied: “Leave me, Prittiwitz; I am lost.”

“Not yet, Your Majesty,” answered Prittiwitz; “you are still King of Prussia and commander of an army of brave soldiers.”

“Well, if you think so, forward.”

Author
Frederick the Great and the Seven Years War
Author : Ferdinand Schrader
Translator: George P. Upton
Published: 1905
Available from gutenberg.org
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