nal">530;

her Proclamation after the Death of Peter III., 531;

Frederick the Great enters into an alliance with her, 541;

goes to War with Turkey, 544;

her Death, 551.

Catt, Henry de, his Narrative, 399, 400, 401;

he visits Frederick at Breslau, 447.

Charles, Duke of Brunswick, 151.

Charles VI. of Germany, his Alliance with Frederick William, 45;

he intercedes for the Crown Prince, 111;

his Death, 212;

the dying Scene, 213.

Charles Albert, Emperor of Germany, 301;

his Death, 344.

Charles, Prince, of Austria advances against Frederick, 307;

his Aim, 309;

bereaved and crushed, 342.

Charlotte, Sister of Frederick the Great, slanders his Bride, 148;

her Marriage, 152.

Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg, the Bride of George III. of England, 521.

Chasot, Lieutenant, fights a Duel, 168.

ChÂtelet, Madame Du, her Character, 173;

her Death, 379.

Children of Frederick William, 50.

Chotusitz, Battle of, 310;

Cavalry Charge at, led by General Bredow, 311.

Chrudim, Frederick’s Head-quarters at, 307;

he concentrates his Army at, 308.

Cirey, Chateau of, the Residence of Voltaire, 173.

Cleves, Voltaire visits Frederick at, 203.

Coalition against Frederick, 402.

Cochius, M., a clerical Adviser of Frederick William, 187.

Combination against Frederick, 411.

Cossacks hover around the Prussian Army, 456;

their Mercilessness, 459.

Court-martial convened, 105.

Court Intrigues, 148.

Crown Prince of Prussia, 20.

Crown Prince Cadets, 30.

CÜstrin, Frederick, the Crown Prince of Prussia, a Prisoner at, 101;

his Privations, 114;

his Life at, 122;

he returns after the Marriage of his Sister, 135;

Conflagration of, 461, 462;

in a midnight March Frederick crosses the Oder near, 481.

Czaslau, Prince Charles, rendezvouses at, 310.

Czernichef, General, communicates to Frederick the News of the Death of Peter III.; its Effect, 532.

D.

Dance of Torches, 131.

Daun, General, an Austrian Officer, re-enforces OlmÜtz, 452;

he dares not attack Frederick, 186;

his last Hours, 187;

his dying Words, 188;

his Funeral, 189;

his Restrictions upon his Son, 197;

his authority over Herstal denied, 206.

Frederick the Great: his Tutors, 31;

his literary Acquirements, 37;

his refined Tastes, 38;

his Character at fifteen, 49;

his Illness, 52;

writes his Father, 53;

contemplates fleeing from Home, 61;

his Passion for Music, 66;

his Falsehood and Debts, 77;

his Resolve, 78;

his Interview with his Sister, 79;

he is held under Surveillance, 87;

he attempts escape, and is arrested, 89;

he is tried and condemned, 93;

he refuses to implicate his friends, 94;

he is deprived of necessaries, 101;

his crushing Sorrow, 107;

he abandons Christianity, 110;

his Oath of Obedience, 113;

his popularity at CÜstrin, 122;

his Interview with Frederick William, 123, 124;

he is allowed more Freedom, 127;

his lax ideas of Marriage, 128;

his coldness toward Wilhelmina, 134;

he is restored to his Command at Ruppin, 136;

his Betrothal, 142;

his Occupation at Ruppin, 145;

his choice of Reading, 146;

his Marriage, 149;

his treatment of his Bride, 150, 151;

he goes to Holland with Frederick William, 175;

his Masonic Initiation, 176;

he extols his Father’s ability, 178;

his sympathy for his Father in his illness, 181;

he enters the Tobacco Parliament, 182;

at Reinsberg Frederick hears of his Father’s sudden Illness, 185;

he is King of Prussia, 188;

his noble Words, 189;

his generous Deeds, 191;

his toleration, 192;

his caustic Replies, 193;

his division of Time, 194;

his dutiful Conduct toward his Mother, 197;

he visits Strasbourg incognito, 199;

his Opinion of Voltaire, 205;

he writes the Prince-bishop of Liege, 207;

he issues a Manifesto, 345;

Carlyle writes of, 369.

Leopold, the Young Dessauer, takes Glogau, 245;

he commands at Chotusitz, 310.

Letter of Baron PÖllnitz, 25;

of Frederick William, 26;

of Wilhelmina, 40;

of Frederick William to his Son, 54;

of Dubourgay, the British Minister at Berlin, 60, 62;

of Wilhelmina, 69;

of the Crown Prince, 70, 75;

of Wilhelmina, 81;

of the Crown Prince to George II. of England, 84;

of Carlyle, 88;

of Frederick William to Wilhelmina, 119;

of the Crown Prince to Frederick William, 127;

of General Schulenburg, 128;

of Frederick to Baron Grumkow, 138, 139, 140, 141;

to Wilhelmina, 141, 142, 149, 156;

of Count Algarotti, 171;

of Frederick to Voltaire, 173;

of Voltaire in reply, 174;

of Bielfeld (note), 177;

of Frederick to Voltaire, 178;

of Baron PÖllnitz, 179;

of Frederick to Baron Suhm, 181;

to M. Maupertuis, 191;

of the Danish Envoy, 197;

of Frederick to Voltaire, 201, 202;

to M. Jordan, 204, 219;

of M. Jordan, 226;

of Frederick to Voltaire, 227, 242;

to M. Jordan, 228, 252;

to Wilhelmina, 252;

of a Mollwitz Gentleman, 253;

of an Austrian Officer, 262;

of Sir Thomas Robinson, 286;

of Frederick to M. Jordan, 306, 312;

of the young Sisters of Frederick to him, 322;

of Frederick to Voltaire, 327;

to Podewils, 347, 348;

of Field Marshal Keith, 377;

of Frederick to D’Arget, 387;

to Voltaire, 388;

of the Prince of Prussia, Augustus William, to Frederick, 292;

he breaks camp at Neisse, 293.

Neisse, a small Town in Southern Silesia, 232;

stormed by Prussia, 234;

secretly re-enforced, 240;

Neipperg enters, 249;

he intrenches himself, 265;

Frederick invests and bombards, 293;

collects his forces at, 348;

finally abandoned by Austria, 471.

Neustadt, Prussian Army at, 249.

Neumarkt, Frederick seizes a bakery at, 438.

Nicholas, Czar, a Prediction credited to him, 546.

Nicholstadt, Frederick at, 522.

O.

Oath of Allegiance exacted by Frederick from all his Subjects, 197.

Ohlau, Frederick summons it to surrender, 230;

Prussians retreat from Grottkau to, 251, 254.

Olmutz, Austrian forces at, 347;

Frederick before, 449;

he retreats from, 454.

Oppeln, Incident at, 258;

Frederick gains Possession of, 286.

Oranienberg, Frederick William threatens his Queen with divorce and banishment to the Palace of, 73.

Ottmachau, a Town on the River Neisse, 231.

P.

Pallant, General, an Austrian Officer, reveals a French Plot, 314.

Pandours, the, sadly annoy the Prussian Army, 361.

Paul, Czar, his second Marriage, 551.

Peace, Reasons for not attaining it, 474;

at length concluded, 534.

Peasantry, Sufferings of the, 364.

Philipsburg besieged, 155;

it surrenders to the French, 161.

Pilsnitz, a Palace in Breslau, 229.

Pirna, Saxons concentrated at, 405;

their Position at, 406.

Pitsch, M., Physician to Frederick William, 188.

Platen, General, attacks the retreating Russians, 526.

Poland, Frederick William visits, with the Crown Prince, 51;

his Polish Majesty returns the Visit, 52;

he intercedes for the Crown Prince, 112;

his Alliance with Austria, 340;

Frederick’s Treatment of the Queen of, 370;

the King of, sues for Peace, 371;

the Queen tries to defend the Archives, 405;

the King appeals to France and Austria, 406;

Memorial of the King of, 503;

Death of the King of, 541;

its Partition proposed by Frederick, 543.

PÖllnitz, M., his Account of the Journey from Lithuania, 179.

Pompadour, Duchess of, her Character and Influence, 399;

her Letter to Maria Theresa, 458, 463.