The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-11

shoulders above all others among the
victorious generals of the Germans
was Charles Bernhard Won Molke,
modest, quiet man, who seldom
spoke, but whose intellect was YER
liable engine of destruction to the
military enemies of the country. For
seventy years Won Moltke was an ac-
tive soldier He saw all the, changes
and improvements of this century in
the implements of warfare.
Born on October 20, 1900, he began
the study of arms before he was out
of his teens. AT the age of % he
was appointed lieutenant in the
Eighth infantry of the Prussian
army. Warfare was purely a science
with him. His years of experience,
the hundreds of battles that he was
in gave him a knowledge never be-
fore attained by ancient or modern
soldier. He was always looking
ahead, planning and working out i'm
provements. He never allowed him
satisfied with existing conditions.
Something better" was almost
mania with him.
Won MoItke's rise in the army was
steady but slow. In 1885 he was sent
to Turkey, where he spent four years
and on his return assumed his for
mer position in the general staff.
Each year dIlel OilelL AAiebA NJ NO@'AO
advance in his military standing I'M
til 1859, when he was made heuten-
ant general The war with Denmark
in 1864 was conducted by him and the
Austrian campaign of two years later
was executed under his direction. 1t
was the same in the war with
France. So well did Moltke do his
work that the French army was prac-
tically beaten after the first two
weeks of fighting. The real battles
began the first week in August. The
third week in August saw the French
army 50 badly crippled that from
then on it was almost an unhindered
march of victory for the Prussians.
Sedan on September being the last
great battle.
Shortly after THE present young en-
peror assembled the throne in 1888
Won Moltke on August 8 sought per-
mission to retire from the army.
This was granted. On April "a, 1891.
he died He was surely Germany's
greatest soldier.
Frederick William.
Frederick William, father of the
present emperor, was one of the great
generals of the war. He was in COM
mand of the Third army corps COM
posed of South German regiments; AT
both Worth and Weissenburg he bore
the brunt of the battle. He worked
out the details of battle with con-
scientious precision and the victory
of Sedan was largely due to his care.
At the palace of Versailles on Oct.
%, 1870, he was appointed field mar
shall. In both the Denmark and Aus
trian campaigns he figured promi-
nently In the Austrian war he had
the advance guard which cleared the
way in the enemies country for the
main army For this service he was
decorated with the order of merit.
He reigned but three months from
March until June 1888, when he died,
Albert, crown prince of Saxony.
never acquired great fame but inquired
in all the wars of Germany since 1S49.
He had command of the Twelfth corps |
at Metz He was a scholar as we'll
as a soldier. His personal bravery |
won him many honors.
The Innocent Cause of Strife.
Prince Leopold, of Hohenzollern,
was the innocent cause of the war.
Spain offered him its throne which he
declined. but France feared his &C
ceptance and forced the issue. He is
now reigning prince of Sigmaringen
and his younger brother is King
Charles of Roumania.
The French Leader.
The picture presented by Napoleon
III. in this war is a sad one. That he
inherited some of the military genius
of his grand uncle, the great Napol- |
con was shown by the victories of
the French in the Crimean and Ans |
trian campaigns. After the Arstrl7n
campaign the French army VIZ
deemed invincible. The emperor's
capture at Sedan by the Germans, !
terminated his life in France. His |
exile in England soon ended in his
death in January of 1873.
Count Vincent Benedict. Corsi- |
can. and the Trench minister at the |
German court did much to force the |
war. He it was who asked the old |
kaiser to promise that the Prince
Leopold would never ascend the
throne of Spain. When the kaiser
refused to see him subsequently he /