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ne crossed the Rnine, near the mouth or the
Neckar, and while crossing witnessed the de-
feat Of the French on the opposite shore. He
was present at the battle of La Rothiere the
first defeat Of Napoleon by German troops on
French ground. At Bar-sur- Aube he acted
as Adjutant, and was frequently in the thick
of the fray. After this battle he was decor
ated with the Iron Cross for bravery, and re-
ceived, a further Acknowledgements of his
courage, the proprietoTshiD OF the Regiment
Kaluga from the Emperor of Russia He
followed the army in lol5. and after the bat
tie of Waterloo went &c Paris.
He was married on June II, 1929, to Au-
gusta, the daughter of Charles Frederick,
Grand Duke OF SAKE eimar- Eisenach The
day or the wedding William and Augusta
distributed 1000 thalers among the poor OF
Berlin. His son, Frederick William Mic
olas, the Crown Prince, was born on October
Is, 1881.
Between then and 1910 his life passed as
usual amid military pursuits and other stud
les The army he regarded the backbone
of the nation, and he did all III his power 10
strengthen it and make it efficient.
On June II, 1919. an attempt was made on
Prince Williams life. He was driving from
Nieder to Ingelheim, and on passing field
in rapid succession. One of the horses and
the coacnman were injured, but the Prince
escaped unframed. Several arrests were
made, but the person who fires the shots could
not be identified. While military Governor
he was frequently summoned to Berlin TO
consult on important matters of state.
yea % t Inc hs 3a Ma Beer il ate at Berlin
by an appropriate military display. In Oc-
tober of that year, his elder brother, King
Frederick William ". was incapacitated by
illness from carrying on the Government,
and Prince William was appointed tenn
Porary Regent. When on the 9th of October,
1898, 1t became apparent that his brothers
mind was irreparably impaired, he
made Regent of Prussia, with the title of
Prince Regent. In the mean time his son
Frederick William Nicholas Charles was
married to Victoria Adelaide, Princess Roy
al of Great Britain. In 1856 his daughter
Louisa was welded to the Grand Duke Fred
erick of Baden.
On January g 1861, Frederick William
~. died, and William assembled the throne
of Prussia as King William l. He at once
which aimed at consolidating Germany I'M
der PrusSian leadership.
On July >. 1861, a second attempt was
made on the Kings life. He was walking
when they met a well dressed
young man who bowed politely. After he
passed shot was fired, and a bullet graZed
the Kings neck. Turning, he and his COM
passed facing them. In the grass near by
lay pistol. He made no resistance when he
was seized by people who had seen him fire.
The King continued his walk unperturbed.
The efficiency to which King William had
brought the Prussian Army was first seen in
1864, in the war against the Danes, whose
King had proclaimed Schleswig a part of
Denmark. Notwithstanding Austria's jeal-
Jams diplomatists prevailed upon Austria to
unite with Prussia in this war which resulted
IN the total defeat of the Danes. The Prus-
sian soldiers and their leaders behaved with
bravery, and after this war
Prussia assumed a position among the first
military powers of Europe.
Difficulties now arose between Austria and
Prussia concerning the occupation of Schles-
I(Olcf kaiTa In % fVna W
Of Gastein gave Austria sole occupation OF
Prussia the occupation of Schles-
wig, and annexed the Duchy of Lunen-
burg to Prussia. Soon new difficulty
Governor of Holstein allowed an anti
Prussian meeting tie be held in Altoona.
This led to acrimonious diplomatic CORE
'pondence, and finally Austria submitted the
Schleswig- Holstein question to the Federal
Dict. Prussia regarded this as breach OF
ne Gastein convention, and marched her
troops into Hostein On June IA the Diet
called upon all the States of the cOnfedera-
ion to arm against Prussia This was the
of the Seven Weeks war, so called,
because in seven weeks Prussia completely
oostrated Austria and her allies.
In the North-German Confederation,
formed after this war. Prussia had full con-
rol of foreign affairs. All troops were
placed under King William, and 1t was
voted that every able-bOdied man should be
obliged to serve in the army.
In 1870 King William fulfilled his mothers
command, given to him and his brother after
he defeat of the Prussian army by France
Turing the Napoleonic wars: "Remember
his defeat when you are men, to throw off
he shame of it and to reconquer the glory
France has snatched from US" When Prince
Leopold of HOhenzollern refused the Spanish |
,rown Napoleon III. demanded guarantee
rom Prussia that prince Of this house
should ever be a candidate for the crown of
Spain. The King refused to give such a
guarantee, and Napoleon made this refusal
pretext for declaring war. He relied upon
he support of Austria and the South Ger.
nan States which had fought against
Prussia in 1866: but Bismarck in whom King
William placed implicit faith, had formed
alliances with them, and as result Napoleon
ound all Germany united against him The
King himself took command of the German
troops.