CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE END OF THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR.

Commencement of the Sixth Campaign.--The Fortified Camp at Bunzelwitz.--Skillful Engineering.--Unintermitted Toil of the Soldiers.--Retreat of the Russians.--Loss of Schweidnitz.-- Peculiar Treatment of General Zastrow.--Close of the Sixth Campaign.--The King at Breslau.--Desponding Letter to D’Argens.-- Death of Elizabeth of Russia.--Accession of Peter III.--His Marriage with the Daughter of a Prussian General.--Takes the Baptismal Name of Catharine.--Assassination of Peter III.-- Curious Proclamation by the Empress.--Commencement of the Seventh Campaign.--Alliance of Russia with Prussia.--Withdrawal from the Alliance.--Termination of the War 522