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Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ldiers song as a memory of theever-ready leader who bore the brimt of theawful struggle on the line of the Bistritz. That same night the King slept at Horitz—not upon a bed, but on his carriage cushionsspread out on a sofa. Bismarcks couch was atfirst formed by a wisp of straw under the opencolonnade of the same townlet, though after-wards he was invited to share the wretchedroom of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. 8a BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Moltke rode back to Gitschin, a distance ofabout twenty miles from the battle-field, wherea cup of weak tea was all the refreshment thatcould be got for him ; and then, in a fever offatigue, he threw himself down to sleep in hisclothes, as he had to be up betimes and return long years to humble the pride of Austria ;it took William the Victorious, with Moltke ashis battle-thinker, but seven short days toachieve the same result. The Prussian soldierpreferred to call the battle which he had justhelped to win, Koniggratz, because this name
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the crown prinxe rode up and met his father (/. S3) to Horitz to procure the Kings sanction for hisfurther plans. It was he, the Great Silent One, who hadwon the greatest and most momentous battle ofmodern times. It had taken Frederick the Great seven sounded to his ears as but a pun on the words Dcm Komg gercitlis ( The King will win ).But the King had only won by acting on thesage advice of his all-calculating Moltke, whosemotto was Erst ivdgen, dann wagen —thaiis, First weigh, then away !

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