Prince Karl had been busy upon Braunau (the BAVARIAN Braunau, not
the BOHEMIAN or another, Seckendorf's chief post on the Inn);
had furiously bombarded Braunau, with red-hot balls, for some days;
[2d-10th December (Espagnac, i. 171).] intent to explode the
Seckendorf-Broglio projects before winter quite came. Seckendorf,
in a fine frenzy, calls to Broglio, "Help!" and again calls; both
Kaiser and he, CRESCENDO to a high pitch, before Broglio will come.
"Relieve Braunau? Well;--but no fighting farther, mark you!"
answers Broglio. To the disgust of Kaiser and Seckendorf; who were
eager for a combined movement, and hearty attack on Prince Karl,
with perhaps capture of Passau itself. At sight of Broglio and
Seckendorf combined, Prince Karl did at once withdraw from Braunau;
but as to attacking him,--"NON; MILLE FOIS, NON!" answered Broglio
disdainfully bellowing. First grand quarrel of Broglio and
Seckendorf; by no means their last. Prince Karl put his men in
winter-quarters, in those Passau regions; postponing the explosion
of the Broglio-Seckendorf projects, till Spring; and returned to
Vienna for the Winter gayeties and businesses there. How the high
Maria Theresa is contented, I do not hear;--readers may take this
Note, which is authentic, though vague, and straggling over wide
spaces of time still future.

"Does her Majesty still think of 'taking the command of her Armies
on herself,' high Amazon that she is!" Has not yet thought of that,
I should guess. "At one time she did seriously think of it, says a
good witness; which is noteworthy. [Podewils, Der Wiener
Hof (Court of Vienna, in the years 1746, 1747 and
1748; a curious set of REPORTS for Friedrich's information, by
Podewils, his Minister there); printed under that Title, "by the