Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-20

"Would to God the crown prince would comer
 Suddenly Bismarck lowered his glasses and drew attention to certain lines in the distance All telescopes were pointed thither. At first the lines were pronounced to be furrows ssThey are not furrows," said Bismarck, ssthe spaces are not equal; they are advancing lines" It was Frederick's army, that had been delayed by the condition of the roads, which the rain had made all but impossible
 Frederick lost not moment in getting his both Hanks and fiercely pressed in the center, the Austrians began to slacken their fire, to give way and then to retreat. The battle was won, and the honors of having decided it were Frederick's Bismarck himself ad- mits how critical was the situation of the Prussians at one point of the battle
 ssHe met Moltke and offered him a cigar,n says historian. ''The strategist carefully selected the best weed in the chancellor's case, and the latter took comfort, thinking to himself that if Moltke was still calm enough to make a choice of 9his kind things could not be going so bad with them after all." After the victory, late in the evening, Frederick met the king, who embraced him affectionately and decorated him on the field with Prussia's highest military order, "Pour
  torical as that of Butcher and Wellington.
 "Unser" Fritz's part in the Franco German war is almost too well known to bear repeti- tion. As in the Austrian campaign, the German forces were divided into three armies, under the command of Gen. Steinmetz, Prince Frederick Charles and Frederick. Under the latter's command were the two Bavarian army corps and three Prussian ones, one division of Baden, one of Wurtem- berg and two cavalry divisions lover 10000 men. He had the honor of striking the first blow by falling upon the French at Weissem- burg, on Aug. 4, and two days later assault ing McMahon at Woerth, and causing the Duke de Magentas hosts to tumble back, partly upon Strasbourg and partly upon Chalons.
 To Frederick was given the duty of pur- suing the Duke de Magenta toward Chalons With him co-operated the crown prince of Saxony at the head of the Fourth army (of the Meuse), and between these two armies marched the royal headquarters. He arrived at Sedan in time to close up the ring formed by the German army on Sept. 1, and was there with the emperor on the hill when Baron de Raelh, Napoleon's aid de camp, arrived with the letter from the emperor expressing his willingness to surrender his sword. On the following day he assisted at S0AOoA Chateau de Bellevue. From there he pressed on to Paris, making his headquarters first at St. Germain, and later at the villa tDes Ombrages," at Versailles.
 "Unser Fritz" was immensely popular with his men, and especially with the Bavarians, and of this popularity many amusing anec- dotes are told. After the battle of Weissem- burg, he dismounted and asked Gen. Blumen- thai if there was anything to eat. While the geueral was hunting up food Frederick was very much astonished to hear firing com mence again. He sent his aide de camp to know what was the trouble The officer re- burned and reported that it was only the Bavarians, who were shooting ''Victoria. :" The prince Sent word back that when sVic- toria" was to be celebrated he would send the orders to do so himself. A Bavarian general then put in an appearance and asked per- mission that his soldiers should be allowed to continue, because, he said, the Bavarians had time honored custom of shooting their guns off after every great victory. When the Bavarian general left, with the permission requested, Frederick turned round, and, laughing, said to Blumenthal:
 "I think they ought to have chance at any rate, for it must have been in the thirty years war when they had such an opportunity before" There is another anecdote told of how, after the victory at Woerth, and a Bavarian regiment was passing him, one of the men called out:
 "If we had had you with US in '66, your royal highness, we should never have been licked by the cursed Russians"
 After the war Frederick took prominent part in the triumphal entry of the Bavarian troops into Munich, where he was greeted with such immense enthusiasm that King Ludwig was greatly offended, and at the ban | klo :-l.A failed to put in an appearance. The young dreamer was already far off on his mountain retreat at Hohenschwangau. He was also present at the triumphal entry of the Prussian troops into Berlin, and sat beside his father, surrounded by the brilliant group of princes and generals who watched the victorious troops passing down the Unter den Linden.
 Frederick has been somewhat of traveller as well as soldier and 8 good husband, being in this respect totally different from most members of the Hohenzollern family.
 He visited St. Petersburg, the cataracts of the Nile, the ruins of Carthage, the Scotch Highlands, the fjords of Sweden, Spain, Italy. Neither his father nor his son, Prince Will helm, have ever manifested any desire to travel. Even when Frederick was sent out officially, as he was to visit King Alfonso, he made the visit one of pleasure and study as much as of duty.
 His last journey southward was a sad one. In September he was sent by the advice ot his physicians to Toblach, in the romantic Pusterthal, in the Tyrol, where it was hoped that the balmy air of the pine forests would assist in his recovery. He was accompanied by his wife and the young princesses, and part of the time by Dr. Mackenzie. He seemed at first to improve. His days were spent in pleasant picnics and excursions in the mountains, and his mornings in his tenn. porary cabinet, looking out upon the fir clad valleys. He left Toblach on Sept 25 for San Reno, where he remained till the death oi his father, the Emperor William.
 The latest events in the life of Emperor Frederick are too well known to need repeti tion here
 Where the First Blood Was Shed. l BOSTON, April 2O.-The citizens of Lexing ton celebrated the 18th anniversary of the memorable battle where the first blood of the revolutionary war was shed. yesterday. The celebration was very successful Flags were flying on all public buildings, and many houses were decorated. The old buildings especially those of revolutionary times, were profusely decorated At sunrise all the bell.