History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.

CHAPTER XVII.

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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