The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-01
THE RED PRINCE.
One of q Great Family of German Mill.
tary Heroes.

Friedrich Karl, the famous "Red Prince"
of the Franco-German war, died recently in
the castle at Gleinicke, near Potsdam, at
the age of 81, in consequence OF a stroke of
apoplexy suffered the day before. He was
the nephew OF the German Emperor, the
only son of his younger and greatly beloved
brother, Prince Charles, whose death a few
years ago was a severe blow to William L.
Frederick Charles for by his Anglicised
name he is better known) was a nan OF rare
military genius, and had prepared the way
to be Moltke's most efficient lieutenant in
the wal with France by a solid and thor
house OF H%ohenzollern, and was, in fact,
distinguished in the service when the war
began.
He studied at Bonn, and had Count Won
Roam as his military tutor; he first saw
service in the Schleswig-Hol war of
1S48, when he was 20 years old, and even
then rave promise OF career. He watched
the operations of the French army in Italy
in 1859 and published a book to show how
the Prussians could defeat the French, to
the great indignation of the latter people.
He distinguished himself in the brief Schles-
wig-Holstein affair with Denmark in 1864,
and in 1866, his swift movement into b.
hernia, surprising the Austrian General
Benedek-who had planned to take the Of
fensive himself-brought the Austro-Prus-
sian war to it's sudden conclusion on the
hard fought field of Sadowa, which the
Prussians call Koniggratz, Frederick Char
les pushed the Austrian forces before him,
defeating them at every point where a stand
was attempted, and e~ffecting a junction
with the other division Of the Prussian
army under his cousin, the Crown Prince.
July LIST, the decisive battle was fought two
days later under the direction OF Moltke,
but the active generalship of Frederick
Charles. It is to this Princes efforts to
modify the too rigorous military system of
the Prussian army, giving more scope to
the individual action OF officers and men,
that the dash and spirit of this notable
campaign are ascribed. In the war
against France in 1870 and 1871 he was
in command of the second German army,
over a qurrter of a million men, and 500
cannon He defeated the French General
Froissart, at Spichery, attacked Bazaine
with the best part of the French army and
shut them up in Metz, which he invested,
the result being it's capitulation October
9th, after nearly three months siege, and
prisoners. A month later he defeated Gen
eral Aurelle de Paladines and the army of
the Loire; early in December he took Or
leans, and in January, 1871, after six
days battle, he took. LIE Mans and COM
PEELED Chanzy to retreat northward. At
the time of the signing OF the preliminaries
of peace Frederick Charles had concentrated
his forces at Tours, and. wat prepared to
march on Bordeaux had the newly-elected
assembly determined to continue the strug-
gle. The prince was made a field marshal
after Metz, the title having never before
been borne by a prince Of the royal house
of Prussia.
Frederick Charles married in 1854 Prin-
cess Marie of Anhalt- Dessau, and they had
four children-three daughters and a son.
The marriage was most unhappy, for the
prince was not distinguished for hisprivate
virtues, being a thorough IMAM of the
world" His sobriquet of 1.-THE Red Prince"
was derived from his red beard and hair,
features which gave the similar nickname
OF "Rufus" to an English king and "Barba.
to a German emperpr.-Spring-
field Republican.