the old town with bombs and red-hot balls that it was set on fire.
The King made every effort to take the city before Prince Charles
could bring his army from the Rhine to its relief.

General Harsh thought proper to capitulate, after a siege of twelve
days, during which not more than five hundred men of the garrison,
at the utmost, were killed and wounded, though eighteen thousand men
were made prisoners.

Thus far we had met with no impediment. The Imperial army, however,
under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine, having quitted the
banks of the Rhine, was advancing to save Bohemia.

During this campaign we saw the enemy only at a distance; but the
Austrian light troops being thrice as numerous as ours, prevented us
from all foraging. Winter was approaching, dearth and hunger made
Frederic determine to retreat, without the least hope from the
countries in our rear, which we had entirely laid waste as we had
advanced. The severity of the season, in the month of November,
rendered the soldiers excessively impatient of their hardships; and,
accustomed to conquer, the Prussians were ashamed of and repined at
retreat: the enemy's light troops facilitated desertion, and we
lost, in a few weeks, above thirty thousand men. The pandours of my
kinsman, the Austrian Trenck, were incessantly at our heels, gave us
frequent alarms, did us great injury, and, by their alertness, we
never could make any impression upon them with our cannon. Trenck
at length passed the Elbe, and went and burnt and destroyed our
magazines at Pardubitz: it was therefore resolved wholly to
evacuate Bohemia.