I noticed that Fritz disliked someone named Derschau intensely and was hoping Derschau would get a commission to a regiment so he would be sent away by the king and replaced by Alexandre Wartensleben, whom Fritz must like more.
This is probably the same person whom Seckendorff Jr. later in his Vienna debriefing names as "Derschauer" (as in, Fritz still hates him for 1730) - and this makes me wonder whether it's actually "Dessauer"? (I.e. typical 18th century misspelling?) As in, Old Dessauer, this guy, whom people certainly thought Fritz disliked and assumed would fire but whom he actually kept used to invade Silesia in 1740?
Kudos to you, Detective, for identifying Lichtenstein as Orondates!
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Re: With Liars among Liars: The Austrian Dossier (Seckendorf II)
Date: 2020-02-02 07:49 am (UTC)This is probably the same person whom Seckendorff Jr. later in his Vienna debriefing names as "Derschauer" (as in, Fritz still hates him for 1730) - and this makes me wonder whether it's actually "Dessauer"? (I.e. typical 18th century misspelling?) As in, Old Dessauer, this guy, whom people certainly thought Fritz disliked and assumed would fire but whom he actually kept used to invade Silesia in 1740?
Kudos to you, Detective, for identifying Lichtenstein as Orondates!