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To His Generals Before Invading Silesia^*
(1740)

Name: The World’s Famous Orations, Vol 7 - I to His Generals Before Invading Silesia*(1740)
Author: Frederick the Great

^* Delivered on December 11, 1740, the year in which he became king, and only a day or two before he marched into Silesia, "The king assembled his chief generals," says Carlyle, "all things ready out in the Frankfort-Crossen region yonder." Reprinted from Carlyle’s "Frederick the Great," by permission of Chapman&Hall, the English publishers.

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Chicago: Frederick the Great, "I to His Generals Before Invading Silesia*(1740)," The World’s Famous Orations, Vol 7 in The World’s Famous Orations, ed. William Jennings Bryan (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, December, 1906), Original Sources, accessed June 16, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5XNY3SX1NUPTCJ5.

MLA: Frederick the Great. "I to His Generals Before Invading Silesia*(1740)." The World’s Famous Orations, Vol 7, in The World’s Famous Orations, edited by William Jennings Bryan, Vol. The World#8217;s Famous Orations, New York, Funk and Wagnalls, December, 1906, Original Sources. 16 Jun. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5XNY3SX1NUPTCJ5.

Harvard: Frederick the Great, 'I to His Generals Before Invading Silesia*(1740)' in The World’s Famous Orations, Vol 7. cited in December, 1906, The World’s Famous Orations, ed. , Funk and Wagnalls, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 16 June 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5XNY3SX1NUPTCJ5.

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To His Generals Before Invading Silesia^*
(1740)