Journal of Horace St. Paul
1757: Waiting on Events

August 1, 1757

Translated and Edited With Additional Materials By Neil Cogswell


Our information is that the whole Prussian army is encamped between Lobau and Weissenberg; other than that, we know nothing of its intentions.

The Austrian army continues to hold the same position at Zittau. The Corps of General Nádasdy is encamped in the neighbourhood of Rumburg, from whence it can join the Army of Prince Charles of Lorraine by a single march.

Major-General Beck, who commands a Corps of Croats, advanced as far as Kittlitz. He has occupied that town, freeing thereby the line of communication with Gorlitz through Reichenbach. A captain of Croats, who had been on the far side of the Elbe with Colonel Loudon, reports that the Army of Marshal Keith suffered greatly in the march that it had made to retire from the confines of Bohemia to Saxony. He assures us that, during its retreat from Prague, that army has lost: more than 8,000 men in killed, wounded, prisoners and deserters; 8 cannon, of which one is a 12-pounder; and a great number of equipages. During all this, the Austrians have not lost more than 250 men; amongst these is a Lieutenant-Colonel of Croats, whose loss is greatly regretted. The 12-pounder cannon was captured recently together with 40 baggage waggons and two carriages loaded with silver.

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