Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-21

the German armies were over the Rhine. II
was the duty of the Crown Prince TO invade Al
SAGE and, by passing through the Nosges, turn
the right OF the French troops. who were be-
tween the Saar and Metz. Marshal MacMa-
hon, with a force exceeding 10000 men, stood
in his path; but so swift and decid-
ed was the Crown Princes ad-
vance that on August he surprised and
cut up French division at Weissenburg on
the Lauter, and on the 9th defeated and routed
the Marshal on the field Of Woerth-
From this on 10 the capture of Napoleon at
Sedan was almost an unbroken series of vic
tories
When the Emperor surrendered in such
dramatic fashion, the Crown Prince attended
his father to Bellevue, where the King met
Napoleon. He remained outside the room dur
ing the interview, but afterward saw the fallen
sovereign; and none can doubt that his warm
heart melted with pity for his fate, how
ever well il may have been deserved.
When the King visited his troops after the sur
render, and rode all around Sedan, the Crown
Prince accompanied him, and saw much to sad
den rs well as rejoice his heart in those days OF
excitement
The march on Paris rapidly followed upon
the tragedy at Sedan: AID after the capital
was invested the work of the Crown Prince was
OF the kind which does not show. He had his
headquarters At Les Ombrages, the country
seat of q rich Partisan. We get glimpses of
him from time to time in his quarters and in
action. but nothing OF special importance.
During the years OF peace which succeeded
the war of 1901, the Crown Prince was engaged
II the work allotted tocaDable men in his sta
ton; and he frequently represented the King in
visits and ceremonials. Before that period he
was AZ the opening of the Suez canal and Wis
tied Palestine. After that he went TO Vienna in
1874 10 be present at the opening of the ex-
hibition; and subsequently, travelled in
Sweden, Norway and Denmark. He paid a
visit TO Victor Emanuel at Naples, in
1873, and attended the funeral OF that
King in Rome in 1878 He presided over the
commission organized when the assassins,
Nobililg and Hodel endeavored 10 Stay Emper-
or William; and, in 1881. it was his sad duty
to witness the funeral OF Alexander Il at St.
Petersburg. On many other occasions he took
part in public business, and was always ready
TO foster education. literature and art. More
over, he wrote one or two bookstore on his
Eastern tour and another on the war Of 1866.
The journey of the new Emperor, attended
by his English physician, Sir Morren Mac
kenzie, and accompanied by the Empress and
his daughters, from San Reno 10 Berlin. oc-
cupied thirty-eight hours, from the starting
on Saturday, March &c, soon after nine o'clock
in the morning, TO past eleven on the Sunday
night. His Majesty was met 1t Genoa by the
King of Italy, at Milan by the Duke Of Aosts-
at Munich by the Queen Dowager OF Bavaria,
and at Leipsic by Prince Bismarck and the
other Prussian ministers. He rested we'll on
the Sunday night at the palace of Charlotten-
burg, and attended TO business on the Monday,
receiving visits from his son, the Imperial
Crown Prince William, from Prince Bismarck
and Count Won Moltke.