Now, this doesn't have to mean Trenck was on talking terms with Fritz before that - maybe he even thought reporting a letter form his Austrian cousin wuld get him the King's attention! - , but it could mean that.
Hmm, okay. I guess it's no longer clear whether Trenck counts as evidence for Fritz's witty pretties that turned out to be no good.
At the very least, we have to cross at least one item off the list of "Fritz and the very upsetting week of winning the Battle of Soor": - dogs gone - flute gone - older sister met with arch nemesis - younger sister has been getting it on with batman - batman possibly Austrian spy - MT Empress now due to having crowned FS at Frankfurt.
And depending on how the Trenck/Amalie thing went and when Fritz found out and whether he was the batman at all, possibly two items.
Yes, but Prades was a) a civilian, while Trenck had been a Prussian officer, b) a French citizen, not a Prussian citizen, and c) an actual member of the church
True. Though as noted, he supposedly offered pardons to Prussian deserters during wartime.
Speaking of Keith, seems Trenck in a OMG HELP! letter from Danzig to another officer of his current Austrian regiment thinks "Mylord Keith" will help him, but the footnote by Volz tells me he means Robert Keith, current British envoy in Vienna. HOW MANY GODDAM KEITHS ARE THERE?
Robert Keith the envoy is mentioned in the Confusion of Keiths write-up! (Oh, man, that reminds me I need to update that post to include the fact that Kloosterhuis' documentary evidence does *not* support Peter's younger brother, betrayer of escape plans to FW, being named Robert Keith. Notwithstanding all the biographies that do name him that.)
There are actually even more Keiths, since both Peter and James have kids, and I think it's James' kid who shows up in the letters between Fritz and Maria Antonia, but so far, they haven't caused problems for us yet. ;)
But "defusing the situation with the Austrians" and "Fritz" do not go usually in the same sentence, especially pre 7 Years War.
Trufax. I laughed.
Also that there had been no trial, for that matter, since there had been a war tribunal post escape from Glatz, complete with sentence.
But there had been no trial for the initial imprisonment, am I right?
FW was scarier?
What I was thinking. As much as Fritz enjoyed ruining your life, he was pretty reluctant to chop off heads, whereas FW not only chopped off your head, he made sure everyone watched, especially if they cared about you.
At a guess: maybe Schell had the dubious joy of being forcibly recruited into Prussian service, like so many others. And thought this was a great opportunity for his very own "Fuck you, Fritz!"
Very likely! Good thinking.
I would say it sounds as if the very least they've met in ye olde pre Magdeburg days.
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Re: Trenck discussion
Date: 2020-03-04 01:10 pm (UTC)It is! As I well know.
Now, this doesn't have to mean Trenck was on talking terms with Fritz before that - maybe he even thought reporting a letter form his Austrian cousin wuld get him the King's attention! - , but it could mean that.
Hmm, okay. I guess it's no longer clear whether Trenck counts as evidence for Fritz's witty pretties that turned out to be no good.
At the very least, we have to cross at least one item off the list of "Fritz and the very upsetting week of winning the Battle of Soor":
- dogs gone
- flute gone
- older sister met with arch nemesis
- younger sister has been getting it on with batman
- batman possibly Austrian spy
- MT Empress now due to having crowned FS at Frankfurt.
And depending on how the Trenck/Amalie thing went and when Fritz found out and whether he was the batman at all, possibly two items.
Yes, but Prades was a) a civilian, while Trenck had been a Prussian officer, b) a French citizen, not a Prussian citizen, and c) an actual member of the church
True. Though as noted, he supposedly offered pardons to Prussian deserters during wartime.
Speaking of Keith, seems Trenck in a OMG HELP! letter from Danzig to another officer of his current Austrian regiment thinks "Mylord Keith" will help him, but the footnote by Volz tells me he means Robert Keith, current British envoy in Vienna. HOW MANY GODDAM KEITHS ARE THERE?
Robert Keith the envoy is mentioned in the Confusion of Keiths write-up! (Oh, man, that reminds me I need to update that post to include the fact that Kloosterhuis' documentary evidence does *not* support Peter's younger brother, betrayer of escape plans to FW, being named Robert Keith. Notwithstanding all the biographies that do name him that.)
There are actually even more Keiths, since both Peter and James have kids, and I think it's James' kid who shows up in the letters between Fritz and Maria Antonia, but so far, they haven't caused problems for us yet. ;)
But "defusing the situation with the Austrians" and "Fritz" do not go usually in the same sentence, especially pre 7 Years War.
Trufax. I laughed.
Also that there had been no trial, for that matter, since there had been a war tribunal post escape from Glatz, complete with sentence.
But there had been no trial for the initial imprisonment, am I right?
FW was scarier?
What I was thinking. As much as Fritz enjoyed ruining your life, he was pretty reluctant to chop off heads, whereas FW not only chopped off your head, he made sure everyone watched, especially if they cared about you.
At a guess: maybe Schell had the dubious joy of being forcibly recruited into Prussian service, like so many others. And thought this was a great opportunity for his very own "Fuck you, Fritz!"
Very likely! Good thinking.
I would say it sounds as if the very least they've met in ye olde pre Magdeburg days.
Agreed.