History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE CAMPAIGN OF MORAVIA.
Frederick’s Motives for the War.--Marriage of William Augustus.-- Testimony of Lord Macaulay.--Frederick and his Allies.--Visit to Dresden.--Military Energy.--Charles Albert chosen Emperor.--The Coronation.--Effeminacy of the Saxon Princes.--Disappointment and Vexation of Frederick.--He withdraws in Chagrin.--The Cantonment on the Elbe.--Winter Campaigning.--The Concentration at Chrudim 295