Journal of Horace St. Paul
1757: Waiting on Events

August 8, 1757

Translated and Edited With Additional Materials By Neil Cogswell


From Erfurt, the Saxon Lieutenant-Colonel Obernitz sent a dispatch to the Princes of Saxony. He stated that Lieutenant-Colonel de Bose, commanding 100 French hussars, had seized 13,000 ecus from Langensalza in Thuringen. This had been found in the taxation chest, and was destined to pay the Prussians. After tearing up the patents and prohibited the future raising of recruits and procuring of forage or money to send to the enemy, Colonel Bose passed that which he had seized into the hands of men who claimed that they would pass it on to His Majesty the King of Poland at Dresden.

As a result of this news, combined with other disturbing messages from Dresden, the Princes of Saxony had a long conference with His Royal Highness Prince Charles and Marshal Daun. A detachment from the army of Prince Moritz of Dessau attempted to surprise the detachment of Lieutenant-General Kalnoky at Stolpen, but the vigilance of that officer turned the enterprise to the disadvantage of the Prussians. In this affair, the Austrians captured the Colonel of Regiment Bayreuth and several dragoon troopers.

The King of Prussia, with an escort of 4,000 men - both cavalry and infantry, advanced in front of his camp at Weissenberg. He attacked the Austrian advanced posts, whom he obliged to retire with the loss of 8 men. After having reconnoitred the ground and studied the Austrian movements, the King took the road back to his old camp. The Austrian outposts then recovered their old positions.

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