History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.
CHAPTER XXVI.
DEFEATS AND PERILS.
Grief of the King over his Mother’s Death.--Interesting Letters.-- Forces in the Field.--The March upon Dresden.--Devotion of Wilhelmina.--Atheism of the King.--Wilhelmina to Voltaire.-- Despair of Frederick.--Great Victory of Rossbach.--Description of the Battle.--Utter Rout of the Allies.--Elation of Frederick.--His Poem on the Occasion.--Ravages of War 418