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with him in the glory of the victery of 
Liegnitz. When the King and his general 
met in the field of battle after the engage- 
ment, Frederick embraced him, and sd- 
vanced him to the rank of general of ca- 
valry onthe fpot. Von Zieten’s fortitude 
and reliance on divine Providence fug- 
getted to his mind noble topics of confo- 
lation, with which he at different times 
foothed and encouraged «his mafter’s de- 
fpondency amidit the thickening difficulties 
of this campaign. - “* All things are pof- 
fible, Sire; and it is our bufinefs to tri- 
umph over difiiculties,’"°-—-were, the words 
with which, when the other generals were 
filent, Von Zieten encouraged the King 
to atiempt the glorious ftorming of the 
heights of Torgau. Von Zieten divided 
with the King the command on that day, 
and the glory of the victory. In i761, 
Von Zieten was fent to intercept the niaich 
of the Ruffians out of Poland into the’ 
dominions of Pruilia. But he came too 
Jate. They had already muttered in fuch 
force that with the troops there under his 
command, «he could only watch their 
movements, and follow their progrefs. 
In the campaign of r761, Von Zieten was 
conftantiy near the King’s perfon, to 
whom in his fevereft trials, the cenfolation; 
countels, and vigilant aid of this chriftian 
hero were extremely acceptable. in the 
Monarch’s occafional ablence, Ven Zieten 
had the chief command; whenever two 
operations were attempted at the fame 
time, he fhared the command with his 
Royal Matter, It was by adopting Von 
Zieten’s advice to tation a wing of cavalry 
en the heights of Reichenbach, that the 
King gained the great viétorys of that 
place ou the 16th of Auguft. He was 
prefent at the fiege of Schweidnitz. As 
peace followed foow af:er its furrender, he 
there ended his fervices in aétual war. 
After the termination of the Seven Years” 
‘War, Von Zieten lived fix-and-twenty years 
in the tranquil and heal:hful enjoyment of 
the glory, the honours, and the emo- 
Juments which he had fo periloufly earned. 
His Sovereign, the princes of the blood, 
and all that was great at the Court of 
_ Berlin; diftinguified him during all this 
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fortunate ol! age, with every mark of 
eiteem, of friendfhip, even of veneration. 
He had otlived ali his invidious rivals; 
and now faw in the Profan army, none 
but pupils, adm 'rers and friends. 
gers'inguired after all the monuments of 
his fame'with the fame eager and refpect- 
fal curioity which was felt in regard to 
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the common people he was univerfally 
hailed with! enthufiafm as a father. Soon 
after the peace, he paffed a fhort tine at 
the baths of Carlsbad, happy in the fo- 
ciety of General Laudohn and others of 
the heroes of the Auftrian fervice, againft 
whom he had lately fought. At the age 
of fix'y-five he married a fecond wife, 
with whom he liyed happy for more than 
twenty years; and of her excellence he 
thus emphatically declared his efteem in 
one of the lait years of his life ;—** God 
referves fuch women as you for thofe 
whom he loves.”” _ : 
The greateft uneafinefs which he expe- 
rienced in his old age, was when the King, 
on account of his infirmities, declined to 
take him out in the feventy-ninth year of 
his age to the Bavarian war. He took 
great delight in aflembling his old‘ friends 
of the army around him at his hofpitable 
table, in aflifting in the education of his 
children, and in talking cheerfully over - 
all experience of former times. Almoft to 
the laft, he continued to do his duty at 
courts-martial, as a reviewing general, or 
at the head of his own regiment at re 
views. His laft vifit to the King was in 
the end of the year 1785. The King or- 
dered a chair to be fet for him; and re-_ 
mained himfelf with the circle of his cour- 
ticrs ftanding before the good old man. 
He bade him adieu with tendernefs—it 
was his laft adieu ; and: then abruptly re- 
tiring, fhut himfelf up in his clofet. The 
fcene brought tears into the eyes of alk 
the fpectators. Von Zieten’s death fol- 
lowed not long after, on the morning of 
the 26th of January, 1786, in the eighty- 
feventh year of his own age. He lefta 
daughter by his firft marriage, and a fon 
and a daughter by his fecond wife, who alfo 
furvived him. 
He was fhort in ftature; in countenance 
homely, but with fine blue eyes; mufcu- 
lar, and well-knit in his limbs and joints ; 
alert in all his movements ; quick in pe- 
netration ; {cornful of ntrigue and of every 
difingenuous art; cool in the midi of dan- 
ger; of a military intuition which could 
meafure ground and its difficulties with 
the exaétnefs of geometrical furvey, even 
bya fingle glance of his eye; matter by ha- 
bitual ciforts of virtue over ftrong natural 
_propenfities to anger, and to fome fenfual 
indulgencies ; unaffected, unafiuming ; ex- 
emplarily pious, but ever without fournefs 
or gloom. Frederick was willing to think 
his fkill in the art of war rather prac- 
tical than {cientific. But all his milicary 
difpofitions and achievements evinced 
him 
