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History of Friedrich II. of Prussia
Vol. IX. (of XXI.)

CHAPTER X
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The Prussian Ten Thousand will have to help themselves to the essential, therefore, without welcome;--and things are not pleasant.

And the Ruling Powers, by protocolling, still more the Commonalty if it try at mobbing, ["28th March, 1735" (Fassmann, p.

547); Buchholz, i.

136.] can only make them worse.

Indeed it is said the Ten Thousand, though their bearing was so perfect otherwise, generally behaved rather ill in their marches over Germany, during this War,--and always worst, it was remarked by observant persons, in the countries (Bamberg and Wurzburg, for instance) where their officers had in past years been in recruiting troubles.
Whereby observant persons explained the phenomenon to themselves.


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