mouthed. The one man--with nothing but a Duke of Cumberland and his
Observation Army for backing in such duel--had need to look to
himself! Which, we well know, he does; wrapt in profoundly silent
vigilance, with his plans all laid. Of the Four Invasions, three,
the Russian, French, Austrian, are very large; and the two latter,
especially the last, are abundantly formidable. The Swedish, of
which there is rumoring, he hopes may come to little, or not come
at all. Nor is Russia, though talking big, and actually getting
ready above 100,000 men, so immediately alarming. Friedrich always
hopes the English, with their guineas and their managements, will
do something for him in that quarter; and he knows, at worst, that
the Russian Hundred Thousand will be a very slow-moving entity.
The Swedish Invasion Friedrich, for the present, leaves to chance:
and against Russia, he has sent old Marshal Lehwald into those
Baltic parts; far eastward, towards the utmost Memel Frontier, to
put the Country upon its own defence, and make what he can of it
with 30,000 men,--West-Prussian militias a good few of them.
This is all he can spare on the Swedish-Russian side: Austria and
France are the perilous pair of entities; not to be managed except
by intense concentration of stroke; and by going on them in
succession, if one have luck!--

Friedrich's motions and procedures in canton-quarters, through
Winter and in late months, have led to the belief that he means to
stand on the defensive; that the scene of the Campaign will
probably be Saxony; and that Austria, for recovering injured
Saxony, for recovering dear Silesia, will have to take an invasive
attitude. And Austria is busy everywhere preparing with that view.
Has Tolpatcheries, and advanced Brigades, still harassing about in
the Lausitz. A great Army assembling at Prag,--Browne forward