The New York herald., 1875-09-19
from Austria and connected with the Prussan terri
tories into which the Oder flows

from Austria and connected with the Prussan terri
tories into which the oder flows
THE AREA OF PRUssIAN
is about 16 900 square miles, In 1860 the population
was something ,25O 000 Half OF these Prot
estants and If we except 40 900 Jews the Ro
man Catholics They do not fight the 18th of July.
The province is divided into the administrative dis
tricts (berirk Of oppeln, Breslau and Liegntz The
Oder flows through the province in northwest direc-
tion, dividing it INTO two nearly equal portions The
country the left bank of the river is mountainous
that the right is quite fat The chief tributaries OF
the Oder in Silesia the Bober the Katzbach Weis
trtz, Lohe ohsu and Nesse on the left, and the
Bartsch weide, Malapane and Klodnitz on the right
small portion of the southeast corner is drained by
the upper course of the Vistula
HISTORIC GROUND
Such the main features Of the province in which
the great autumn military have taken place.
Connected with it, however, is history familiar to the
'men in spectaces " who form so large proportion OF
the Prussian armies They will be engaged in their
mimic warfare upon ground forever famous in their
nails Their mind will be carried back to the time when
this appanage of the Prussan Crown cost seven years
war; the sixth part of the adult male able bodied part
the population and such suerngs the people gener
ally rarely recorded in history But they WILL at
the same time, be reminded that when young
kingdom, their country confronted Europe in arms for
the sake of this very provinces that compared with
what their fathers did, their victorious career in
France really promenade milidire and they may
not improbaby put the question to themselves who is
going in 1876 to vanquish country with ali Germany
at her back which $50 years ago could face Europe
ge-ha without blenchng9 The question is a fair
one Who will answer it?
FRBDERIcKs GREAT WAR
The history of this about Silesia or as il is
otherwise known, the Of the Austrian succession
is full of interest During the lifetime Of his father
Frederick H. (better known Frederick the Great
born January "a, 1712 had como upon evil days
Until within few years of his fathers death there was
not peasant in the kingdom whose lot he might not
have envied. When able to crafty his tastes in a
separate establishment the world looked upon him as
pure dettaHte good utist Indifferent hhsrdteur
thorough epicure. The mistake was discovered as
the crown was upon his head His father left
him country without debt surplus of So OOO 900 in
the treasury and army of T0OOO OF the finest and
best disciplined troops in the world. He was anxious
to do something. He did it, He invaded Sesia in the
depth OF winter doubled up the few Austrian troops
there, overran the country for six weeks and
subsequently paid for this forty days. amuse-
ment by seven years Of terrible war The claims
that Frederick the Great had upon Siesa were null
The pragmatc sanction of Charles VI, guaranteed by
Europe, and by power solemnly than by Prus-
sia had secured to the youthful Archduchess Maria
Theresa the peaceful possession of the Austrian do.
mnions. Frederick wanted Gogau and sagau He
offered his in favor Of Maria Theresas husband as
Emperor and few millions of thaers in exchange
The proposal declined Thinking the best
method Of establishing a claim to soizo
upon the thing claimed, he marched into silcsla at
the head Of 100 900 men. He found no real opposition
1t not until the spring of 1741 that he had any real
enemy to fight. Tho battlo-Fredercks hrst--was
leaaht Aalhulz LIE won The battle utEanlXaX A