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ACHIEVEMENTS OP FIELD ARTILLERY. 
The King realised at once that the position was too strong for any 
conventional form of assault, and yet it was imperative, for reasons 
which we need not enter into here, that he should bring liis opponent 
to battle. He had a great contempt for stupid old Daun and his 
powers of manoeuvre, and he thought that the densely packed masses 
before him, if they attempted to change front, would probably find 
themselves in such confusion as would allow him to defeat them. 
Therefore he made a bold resolve. 
He determined to attack them both in front and rear, and to detach 
Ziethen with about half his force to move along the Butter Strasse and 
assail the Austrians on the west of Siptitz Hill, while he himself moved 
round their right in the shelter of thick woods and attacked them in 
rear. Frederick’s total strength was about 44,000 men, that of Daun, 
65,000. 
At 6.30, on the morning of the 3rd of November, the movement of 
the King’s army began. Ziethen moved along the Butter Strasse, 
while Frederick divided his half of the army into three columns and 
directed them as follows :— 
The right column nearest Daun was commanded by himself and was 
chiefly composed of infantry. It was to march by Mcckrehna, Weiden- 
hayn, and Neiden. The second, under Hiilsen, was to move round on 
his left and come in at Elsnig. The third, which contained nearly all 
the cavalry and only a small force of infantry, was to sweep round 
further out still, and eventually join Hiilsen at Elsnig. 
BATTLE OF TORGATJ ; 3rd November , 1760. 
eta Prussian camp at Schilda. 
bb Austrian Army. 
c Austrian rear guard. 
d Prussian detachment under Ziethen. 
e Frederick beginning the attack. 
f Hiilsen’s infantry. 
g Holstein’s cavalry. 
The army started on its enterprise in heavy rain, and the path of the 
