Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-01-28
A DUKES REVENGE
II Gave to Germany Her Most
Distinguished Regiment.
THE DEATHS HEAD HUSsARs.
Organised Originally by Frederick
William OF 6runswick. Napo'eon's
Deadly Foe. the Famous Body OF
Cavalry Fought Its Way TO Renown.

William OF Brunswick. Napo,eon's
Deadly Foe. the Famous Body OF
Cavalry Fought It's Way to Renown.
The curt refusal Of Napoleon /. to
allow Frederick william. duke OF
TO bury the body Of his
e killed father in mis- native iand inspir-
ed the organization OF the Deaths
Head hussars. the most famous regi
ment in the present German army
Deeply moved by the nngracious act
OF the despotic Napoleon. Frederick
william. after MS frst paroxysm Of
indignation and rage hao subsidized.
vowed eternal vengeance against the
French conqueror. and until the day
of his death. which was June IL. 1915.
on the Geld of Quatre Bras, he was
Napoieons most implacable foe In all
the German states.
Brunswick being barred to him by
the victories OF the relentless French
invader. Duke Frederick William re
paired to Bohemia after his fathers
death. de was without funds, but
through the efforts of his sister. then
princess Of Wales, English funds found
their way to him. and be was enabled
to set on foot the plans he had formed
to revenge himself upon his enemy,
All Germany was then under Napo
Icons foot. His armies mad swept away
ali opposition. Prussia, Brunswick,
Bavaria. Saxony, all the states were
mere vassais OF France. But though
conquered OF subjugated their hatred
of the oppressor was intense. and IN
| derneath the surface fire of hatred
smoldered. which the duke helped to
| fan into the blaze that eventually sent
Bonaparte 10 st. Helena.
The duke announced himself as Ma
poleon's foe. Men locked to bis stand
ard He organized and equipped 2,OOO
cavalrymen and. In memory OF his
father, clothed them In black. A silver
skull and crossbones adorned their
hussar headdress. and the silver lace
slashings OF the jackets were placed to
resemble the ribs of a skeleton
"The Black Brunswickers" they were
called. With the gallant duke at their
head they began guerrilla warfare
thar was continual worry to the
French armies. Won Stein. Scharn
couragement
Through Saxony. Hesse and Hanover
the troopers gobbled up and put to the
sword French attachments. Recruits
locked to them. at 8erneck the duke
gave battle to the French General Ju
not and whipped him. All German!
thrilled at the romantic accounts o
the daring of the terrible "Black Illus
sars.'
A Saxon army was whipped at Iii
tau and another force at Halberstadt
A regiment had grown into an army
the only one Napoleons troops couit
not corner and whip. The duchy q
Brunswick was invaded and tn
French garrison alarmed Leipzig wa
surprised and captured
Until the battle of Wagram the duk
and his hussars rode over Germany q
. will. That victory gave Napoleon NOR
. time to devote to them. and the duk
was forced TO fee to England Hut th
, "Black Hussars." with the death
head on their caps. continued the wal
! fare In scattered bands. They WEI
, welded into brigade Ii 1914 and. as
part of division in the allied arm
; commanded by the Duke of Brunswick
rode into Paris after Napoleon's dowI
, fall.
They fought again during the hnl
. dred days The Duke OF Brunsw1c
: did not live to see Napoleon's compie'
humiliation. He died Oh the field {
battle while trying to rally some e
, cruits who started stampede at ii
> first French fire.
|, The fame of the hussars had reache
. such a point that the organization VIZ
continued In the Prussian army. Il
=, day its colonel Is the crown prince
Germany, and among its officers al
princes of a dozen reigning Germ,
:, families
The regiment presents splendid
pearance on parade. its picturesq'
uniform, of which the skull and eros
bones on the headdress are the mo
: striking attractions. imparting TO Il
" dashing cavalrymen sinister al
= startling effect-Kansas City Times.