145. Zieten's prudence saves the army, 147. Winter-

quarters, 151. Death of colonel de Seelen, 152. Zie-

ten's panegyric of him, 155. Particulars relating to him

and his family, 153. Letters from the king, 157. Let-

ter from Zieten, 158. Mention made of fourteen of

the king's letters, 160.

prise of Greifenberg, 161. Zieten's opinion of general

de Wedel, 166. He serves under prince Henry, 167.

Battle of Frankfort or Kunersdorf, 167. Daun in Lusa-

tia, 168. Zieten at Sagan, and Soraw, 169. Retreat

of Soraw (See the plan), 174. Bravery of captain de

Beauvré, 179. Zieten in Lusatia, 182. Stratagem of

prince Henry, 184. Exploits of Zieten's regiment, 185.

It saves the king at Kunersdorf, 186. Winter-quarters,

188. Zieten's corps without any, 189. The army is

completed, 191. Letters from the king', 192. Cam-

paign of 1760, 192. March of the king from the Elbe

to Lignitz, 195. The king escapes the enemy, 198.

Battle of Lignitz, 199. The king marches again into

Saxony, 202. Daun follows him, 202. Apprehensions

of the king, Zieten's courage, 205. The battle of Tor-

gaw, 206.
Anecdotes, 212, 214, 216. Interview

of the king and Zieten, 219. Letters from the king, 224.

Campaign of 1761, 230. Zieten opposed to the Russi-

ans, 231. His camp, 233.

The campaign of 1759, sur-

Junction of the Russians

and the Austrians, 238. The camp of Bunzelwitz, 238.

Zieten consoles the king, 239. Anecdote, 240, Con-

duct

duct of Zieten towards M. d'Anhalt, 241. The taking

of Schweidnitz, 243. Winter-quarters, 243. Danger

of the king at Strehlen, 244. Death of Elizabeth, 245.

The Russians and Swedes make peace, 245. Zieten

commands the royal army, 246. Daun forced in his

camp, 246. Death of Peter III. 248. Conduct and re-

Anecdote, 249.

ply of general de Czernitscheff, 248.

Siege of Schweidnitz, 250. Battle of Reichenbach, 252.

Anecdotes, 251, 253. Zieten in the trenches, 256.

Schweidnitz surrenders, 256. Victory of prince Henry

at Freyberg, 256. The peace, 256. Parallel between

the seven years' war and that of the French revolution,

257. Zieten's conduct as a general, 258. Anecdote,

260. Firmness of his character, 261. His popularity,

261. Anecdote, 263. He does service to whole regi-

ments, 264. His secrecy in all his expeditions, 267.

The confidence he had in his regiment, 270. Exploits

of the regiment, 272. Courage of M. de Hund, 275.

Zieten distinguished by the royal family, 277. By se-

veral sovereigns, 279. By the people, 280. Portrait of

Zieten, 281. His way of life, 283. His regimen, 283.

His hospitality, 285. His excess of confidence, 287.

His habits, 288. His point of honour, 289.

His proneness to anger, 290. His indulgence, 290.

His disinterestedness, 292. His piety, 293. He re-

establishes discipline in his regiment, 295. Is a slave

to subordination; Anecdote, 296. He returns to

Wus-

Wustrau; Anecdote, 298. His visit to Carlsbad, 298. He marries a second wife, 300. Letter from the king on the subject, 301. His lady bears him a son, 302. The king stands godfather to the child, 302. The child appointed cornet in its cradle, 303. Zieten prevents his advancement, 303. His conduct towards the inspector of his corps, 305. He commands the cavalry at the reviews; Anecdote, 307. The king visits Zieten, 309. The king's present to him, 310. The king's letter, with general de Ramin, 313.

312. Zieten's affair Zieten's last vexation,

Letters from the king, 315.

Zieten's grief at

He leaves Ber

315. the departure of his regiment, 317. lin, 318. His joy at the return of his regiment at the peace, 319. His taste for argriculture, 320. His domestic life; his children, 322. His lady, 323. Zieten free from the faults of old age, 323. His sensibility, 324. His firmness; Anecdote, 325. Precaution taken by him a little before his death, 327. His love for his regiment; Anecdotes, 328. His reply to an officer, 329. He is universally beloved at Berlin, 330. New distinctions paid him by the king and the princes, 350. Marks of respect in public, 332. Kindness of one of his friends, 332. Zieten allowed to be absent froin the reviews; the king's letter, 334. Zieten's last review, 334. The king's opinion of his military talents; Anecdote, 335. Last year of Zie

ten's

D. The position of the Prussian advanced

guard to oppose the enemy I. who press it closely.

DE F. The battalion of Beverling forming into a square, to cover the pass of the Buschmühle.

G. March of the Prussians to the forest of Segan.

H. Cannonading of the Austrians.