more important business: First, to pick up one or two Bohemian
Magazines lying handy; after which, to pay a visit to the Reich and
its bluster about Execution-Army, and teach certain persons who it
is they are thundering against in that awkwardly truculent manner!
Errand shiningly done by Mayer, as perhaps we may hear,--and
certainly as all the Newspapers loudly heard,--in the course of the
next two months.

At crossing of the Eger, Friedrich's Column had some chasing of
poor D'Ahremberg; attempting to cut him off from his Bridges,
Bridge of Koschlitz, Bridge of Budin; but he made good despatch,
Browne and he; and, except a few prisoners of Ziethen's gathering,
and most of his Magazines unburnt, they did him no damage.
The chase was close enough; more than once, the Austrian head-
quarter of to-night was that of the Prussians to-morrow.
Monday, May 2d, Friedrich's Column was on the Weissenberg of Prag;
Browne, D'Ahremberg, and Prince Karl, who is now come up to take
command, having hastily filed through the City, leaving a fit
garrison, the day before. Except his Magazines, nothing the least
essential went wrong with Browne; but Konigseck, who had not a
Friedrich on his heels,--Konigseck, trying more, as his opportunities
were more,--was not quite so lucky.

2. "Column SECOND, to the King's left, comes from the Lausitz under
Brunswick-Bevern,--18,000 foot, 5,000 horse. This is the Bevern who
so distinguished himself at Lobositz last year; and he is now to
culminate into a still brighter exploit,--the last of his very
bright ones, as it proved. Bevern set out from about Zittau (from
Grottau, few miles south of Zittau), the same day with Friedrich,
that is April 20th;--and had not well started till he came upon