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All Daun 's generals were of opinion that it would be disgraceful , were they to stand on the defensive against an army practically less than a third of their force ; and their expostulations at length roused Daun into activity . Once decided , his dispositions were , as usual , excellent . -LSB- Map : Battle of Hochkirch -RSB- His plan was an able one . He himself , with thirty thousand men , was to start as soon as it was dark on Friday evening , sweep round to the south , follow the base of the Devil 's Mountain , and then through the hollows and thick wood till he was close to the force on the right of Hochkirch ; and was to fall suddenly on them , at five o'clock on Saturday morning . The orders were that , as soon as Hochkirch was taken , the rest of the army , sixty thousand strong , were to march against Frederick , both in front and on his left , and so completely smash and crumple him up . Frederick had no premonition of the storm that was gathering . On Thursday and Friday the Austrians were engaged , as usual , in felling trees , forming abattis , throwing up earthworks , and in all ways strengthening their position .