FORE: Sufferings of the Peasantry.¡ªRenown and Peril of Frederick.¡ªNew Plan of Maria Theresa.¡ªDespondency of Frederick.¡ªSurprise and Rout of the Austrians.¡ªThe ¡°Old Dessauer¡± enters Saxony.¡ªBattle of Kesseldorf.¡ªSingular Prayer of the Old Dessauer.¡ªSignal Victory of the Prussians.¡ªElation of Frederick.¡ªThe Peace of Dresden.¡ªDeath of M. Duhan.In the ranks all of the army were equally entitled to distinction. Promotion was conferred upon merit, not upon the accident of birth. This principle, which was entirely ignored in the other European despotisms, probably contributed to the success of Frederick¡¯s armies. A Hanoverian count wrote to him, soliciting a high position in the army for his son, in favor of his exalted birth. Frederick dictated the following reply:
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FORE:The Russians, triumphantly advancing, entered Silesia, and reached Crossen, on the Oder, within a hundred miles of Frederick¡¯s encampment.
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