This is Fritz writing to Fredersdorf 2 days after the plundering of the Prussian camp and baggage train after Soor, an event in which all my sources agree that his dogs were captured by the enemy and later returned. (I know Eichel and Lesser survived and were returned too; not sure about the other two humans mentioned below, but I think so.)
"Meine ganze Equipage zum Teufela, Annemarie ist todt gehauen, der Champion muss auch todt sein; Eichel, Müller, der Dechiffreur und Lesser sind noch nicht ausgefunden."
Footnote by the editor: "a. Der König hat in dem Briefe nicht an Biche gedacht, von welcher er in einem späteren, ungedruckten Briefe an seinen Bruder Wilhelm sagt : « Nadasdy m'apris, le 30 septembre 1745, ma levrette anglaise qui s'appelle Biche, que mon laquais Claus conduisait. »"
My interpretation: Annemarie is a dog whose body has been found by the Prussians. Champion is a dog whose body has not turned up. Fritz is assuming all his dogs have shared Annemarie's fate. Biche, who we all know is one of Fritz's all-time favorite dogs and buried next to him at Sanssouci, isn't mentioned because Fritz is not talking about the death that hurts the most, just like with Katte. Later, definitely Biche and probably Champion are returned, at which point Fritz is hugely relieved and can talk about Biche again.
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Date: 2019-10-12 12:08 am (UTC)This is Fritz writing to Fredersdorf 2 days after the plundering of the Prussian camp and baggage train after Soor, an event in which all my sources agree that his dogs were captured by the enemy and later returned. (I know Eichel and Lesser survived and were returned too; not sure about the other two humans mentioned below, but I think so.)
"Meine ganze Equipage zum Teufela, Annemarie ist todt gehauen, der Champion muss auch todt sein; Eichel, Müller, der Dechiffreur und Lesser sind noch nicht ausgefunden."
Footnote by the editor: "a. Der König hat in dem Briefe nicht an Biche gedacht, von welcher er in einem späteren, ungedruckten Briefe an seinen Bruder Wilhelm sagt : « Nadasdy m'apris, le 30 septembre 1745, ma levrette anglaise qui s'appelle Biche, que mon laquais Claus conduisait. »"
My interpretation: Annemarie is a dog whose body has been found by the Prussians. Champion is a dog whose body has not turned up. Fritz is assuming all his dogs have shared Annemarie's fate. Biche, who we all know is one of Fritz's all-time favorite dogs and buried next to him at Sanssouci, isn't mentioned because Fritz is not talking about the death that hurts the most, just like with Katte. Later, definitely Biche and probably Champion are returned, at which point Fritz is hugely relieved and can talk about Biche again.
Reasonable interpretation?