Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-18

Prince Frederick Charles Nfcho-
las, Of Prussia, Known as Fhe
Red Prince"
| The dead Prince was one Of the most abb
tacticians and intrepid soldiers Of the age
His courage was that of . Paladin Of old, and
| his military knowledge unsurpassed oy any
modern straiegists. He was the very en-
bodiment Of the wsrlike spirit OF bic Honen.
zslIern ancestry, with all the qualities when
would have made the knight Grant ana the
doughty champion Of the tournament. ne
vas horn in 1928, the eldest son Of Prince
| Charles of Prussia, brother Of the Emperor
William Of Germany. At 10 years of age ne
vas given . commission as sub-lieutenant,
| and even at that early period he became con-
spicuous for his love Of military instruction.
| IN the FIRST Schleswig- Holstein war Prince
Frederick Charles was on the staff OF Gener-
al Won Wrangie. where he sought every OPP
portunity of meeting danger, gaining univer'
sal admiration for his bravery. A year later
| he captured a regiment of Baden Infantry
with his own company OF huzzars. eighty
seven strong. Fifteen wears after, peace
having interviewed during that time, Prince
Frederick Charles was appointed commander
in-chicf Of the Prussisn forces in the second
SchIeswig- Hoistein campaign. He devoted
his particular attention TO the capture OF tue
almost impregnable fortress OF Duppei, and'
after long siege and several REFUSES ne
drove the Danes out of their stronghold, the
Prince personally leading his troops. in the
fioal onslaught. He seized rhe standard OF
the ROYAL Guards, and called on his men to
follow him with the dare-devilry Of Henri
Quatre. at Ivry.
His reputation a. a general of the first en-
inence, was completed by the Austrian cam
paien Of 1866. in which he gained success
sion of brilliant victories which raised feel
ing of enthusiasm in the breast OF every sol
der in Europe. He marched his troops
across the frontier with an address which
might we'll be remembered by other generals.
s.May your hearts beat towards God, and
YOUR fists upon the enemy" were the words
of the warrior prince, and that was all ne
said to the men whom, he led in the briefest
and most decisive war in history.
In the Franco Prussian war. Prince Fred
erick Charles commanded the second German
army, consisting of 100000 men and 800
pieces of artillery. His victories are the MS
tory of yesterday, but posterity will, perhaps,
remember him best in connection with that
war by the surrender of Metz. on which oc-
ca,ion Marshal Bazaine, with 100000 men,
including three field marshals, fifty gencr-
erals and 5000 officers became the pris-
oners of the victorious ''Red Prince" The
latter soubriquet wss given to his royal high
ness BY his countrymen from the fact that he
seldom wore any other uniform than that OF
his own regiment, the bright crimson trap
pings of the Royal Huzzars.
Since the close of the French war the
sword of the Red Prince has been fretting In
its scrabbbard. He received the rank OF field
marshal from his grateful uncle and sovereign,
but his chief qualification was the positive
alteration he received from his countrymen.
His three daughters are brides of recent years,
although one is already a widow, Princess
Henry, of the Netherlands; of the other two,
one is the wife of Prince Arthur Of England,
Duke of Connaught, and the other the con-
sort of the hereditary Grand Duke of Olden-
burg year ago the fame OF the Red
Prince was unpleasantly Swallowed by his
separation from his wife, born Princess of
Anhalt-Dessau.