In the beginning of September, 1744, war again broke out between the
Houses of Austria and Prussia. We marched with all speed towards
Prague, traversing Saxony without opposition. I will not relate in
this place what the great Frederic said to us, with evident emotion,
when surrounded by all his officers, on the morning of our departure
from Potzdam.

Should any one be desirous of writing the lives of him and his
opponent, Maria Theresa, without flattery and without fear, let him
apply to me, and I will relate anecdotes most surprising on this
subject, unknown to all but myself, and which never must appear
under my own name.

All monarchs going to war have reason on their side; and the
churches of both parties resound with prayers, and appeals to Divine
Justice, for the success of their arms. Frederic, on this occasion,
had recourse to them with regret, of which I was a witness.

If I am not mistaken, the King's army came before Prague on the 14th
of September, and that of General Schwerin, which had passed through
Silesia, arrived the next day on the other side of the Moldau. In
this position we were obliged to wait some days for pontoons,
without which we could not establish a communication between the two
armies.

The height called Zischka, which overlooks the city, being guarded
only by a few Croats, was instantly seized, without opposition, by
some grenadiers, and the batteries, erected at the foot of that
mountain, being ready on the fifth day, played with such success on