Word: prussian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When Napoleon was retreating from Russia, some young men were put into service and ordered to cover up the retreat of the Prussian army. For awhile they held the crossing of a road but their position was exposed. It became impossible to hold it and they met death. Napolean afterwards said that the reason these men did not retreat was because they did not know their danger. These young men were determined. It was God for whom they fought, he gave the commands, for him they would...
Professor Herman E. Von Holst, has consented to leave Freiburg University to accept an appointment to the chair in History. He is a statesman as well as historian, being a member of the Upper house in Germany; he is also an honored fellow in the Prussian Academy of Sciences...
Professor Barttett gave a very interesting talk in German 1a yesterday on the Franco-Prussian...
...Bismarck was called to the ministry by William I who had just come into power and for three years he pursued a policy which was in direct opposition to the Prussian Landstag. First Bismarck was a Prussian in thought and action but when the German confederation was formed and he had the strength of Germany he became entirely German...