History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12

BOOK XII. -- FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE,

BEGINS. -- December, 1740-May, 1741.

Chapter I. -- OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA.

Schlesien, what we call Silesia, lies in elliptic shape, spread on the top of Europe, partly girt with mountains, like the crown or crest to that part of the Earth;--highest table-land of Germany or of the Cisalpine Countrie...