The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-20
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THURSDAY nUkA's....MARUH 90 ,.s.
People Determined to be Free can
Never be Conquered.

People Determined to be Free can
Never be Conquered.
To ths Editors Of the Di.satcA:
Thinking brief account Of the heroic ex.
ertions, indomitabls skill. and Ansl trium ph
Of Frederick Of Prussia, may be with advan.
tage laid before our people at this time, and
neip 70 encourage us oil In tho unequal con-
test' send you the following shcrt summa.
~ drawn from "Aliison's Life Of Marlbo.
rough:"
PRUSSIA was now threatened by the most
iormidaele is, confederacy ever yet In modern
tris. Russia. France, Sweden, and Saxony,
united in alliance to partition tho Prusstan
territories. These allies had ninety millions
OF mon m their dominions, and with ease
could bring four hundred thousand to the
neid Prussia had only sir millions, who we're
strained to the utmost to array an army OF
one hundred and twenty thousand. Even
win the AID OF England and Hanover, not
more than fifty thousand auxiliaries could be
relied on. Prussia had neither strong for
tresses like Flanders, nor mountain chains
like spain, nor frontier stream like France.
It's territory open on every side, composed of
surrounded on the South, East, ard North BY
Its foes, the contest seemed utterly despsr.
ate, with no hope Of eacape for Prussia.
Frederick began the contest by q bold
stroke which demonstrated d the vieor Of his
dsteryniuatipp and the strength Of his under.
standing. He carried the war into the enc.
my,s country, suddenly entered Saxony,
made. himself master Of Dresden, shut the
forces Of Saxony up in the en- II On chsd camp
at Pirna. Marshal Brown advanced with
60 600 men to relieve them. Frederick met
and totally de ted him at Lowositz. At
Pirna, after vain efforts to escape, IA, 900 laid
down their arms; the whole Of Saxony sub.
+lltted, and Frederick; throughoTt the whoA
war, thenceforward turned lis entire re-
sources to hts own support. The allies made
desperate efforts to regain the advantages
they. had lest. France put 100, ,oO6 men on
foot, though bound for only $4,000. The Diet
OF Rat'sbon pat 60 900 troops of the Empire at
the disposal Of Austria. Frederick still Pre-.
mia In March, H57, he defeated the Austrlans
In great battle at Prsgue, and shut up a. 90
OF their best troops in the town. Marshal
Daun advanced with $1,000 men to relieve
them. Frederick advanced with less than
twenty thousand, attacke them in q strong
position at olin on the 18th J uly, and for the
first time in his life, met with q bloody de-
fsat-a retreat out Of Bohemia became una
voidable. His army sustained severe losses
In effecting 1t, and the King confessed in his
private correspondence that nothing remain.
ed to him but an honorable death. Disasters
accumulated on every side. The En- glish and
Hauoverian army capttala ed at Olostereeyeu
and left the French army so 900 strong to fol.
low the Pruss!ars. The French, and troops
OF the Emperor under Ricbelieu, men ac ed
Masdeburg, where the Royal family of Prus.
sia had taken refuge. The Russians 70 600
strong. were making serious progress on the
side OF Poland, defeating the Prussiaus oppos-
ed to them. The army Of the Empire, 40 900
strong, was moving against him. Four huge
armies, each stronger than bis own, were ad :.
vancirg to crush hfm-he could not collec.
O,Oco men round his banners. At this time
he carried a sure poison always with him, de-
termined not TO fall alive into the hands Of
mind and astonishing v1gor enone forth with
full lustrs. The people stood nohly by their
heroic sovereign: Collecting 5000 men ont
of his shattered battalions, he advanced
against the Prizes Of Soubisc, who, with an
army Of &C, 900, was advanciRE through Thu.
ringia, and totally defeated MIN on the NOM
orab!e field of Rosbaoh, with tie loss of II, 600
men. without rest, with his indefatigable
followers, he was called TO oppose Daun aud
Lorrain in Silesia. It's capital had fallen-a
large body of PIrssians been defeated at
Breslau. That rich and important province
seemed on tie point Of falling into the hands
81 austria, when, by a noid, astonishing
sse.nod desperate. In the depth of winter he
attacked, at Leuthen, Daun and Lorrain,
who had 10000 men, defeated them with the
lcs. Of Sc. ESQ n, EN- eightssn thocsatc ct whom
were prisoners. But 1t YVES Fredericks des.
tiny to be ever surrounded with difficulties.
from the Immense numerical ADVANTAGES OF
his enemies ana the Ill success of the Lieu
tenants TO whom his subordinate armies were
entrusted DurlnS MS operations In the
South, Ihe Russians had made alarming pro.
gress In the Northeast The feeble Rusei an
forces who op! osed them were wsti niSh swai-
lowed up. Frederick led the hower of his
army from Vimutz. in Moravia; crossed all
Silesia and Prnssia, encountered tho sturdy
Russians at Zorndorf. and dsfsatea them with
a loss Of ~, ,0nc--a Victory dearly bought, with
the loss Of 10000 Of his own best soldiers -
During the Kings absence, Prince Henry
who had been left with sixteen thousand
men to kesp Dadn In check, was nearly
! thousand mep, under their able comm and er
Frederick new back 70 his support. They
| took post at Hehenkerdrah the post was nm
/ fAyQraEs5, their mum bers far inferior. The
Austrians attacked in the night with such
| skill that the Prussians were thrown into
| copfusion-driven from thtir ground with
/ the loss Of $50 pieces of cannon and 7,OOt
| men. Though painfully wounded, after see.
| Ing his best Generals slain around him
] formed them In good order behind the vii
1 lage where they had been surprised, led them
| a mile OF, and offered battle to the enemy
/ who did not dare to accept it,"
| In my next sball give you the campaign O.
| l7se-stin mcre perl ous-still more glo
| Housekeeping that our Generals may be lee
| to rival In activity and daring this smaste
| in war;" and our people to emulate the cour
| age and endurance OF the Prussians, ma,
gather the stern resolve to die rather thar
submit, and read, too, how utterly impossi
BILE it is to conquer by numbers or skill
people determined to be free.
A EourEERx LADY.
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