four in the morning on Sunday, December 4th
Were it not for that , I should feel confident ; whereas I now but feel hopeful . Still , I doubt not that we shall find our way in , somehow . '' Chapter 11 : Leuthen . At four in the morning on Sunday , December 4th , Frederick marched from Parchwitz ; intending to make Neumarkt , a small town some fourteen miles off , his quarters . When within two or three miles of this town he learned , to his deep satisfaction , that the Austrians had just established a great bakery there , and that a party of engineers were marking out the site for a camp ; also that there were but a thousand Croats in the town . The news was satisfactory , indeed , for two reasons : the first being that the bakery would be of great use for his own troops ; the second , that it was clear that the Austrians intended to advance across the Schweidnitz Water to give battle . It was evident that they could have had no idea that he was pressing on so rapidly , or they would never have established their bakery so far in advance , and protected by so small a force .