Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1894 — Where They Could Not Hit It. [ARTICLE]

Where They Could Not Hit It.

Marshal Blucher, the famous Prussian General, was always foremost in fight. His zeal in attack was such, indeed, that the Russians nicknamed him “Marshal Forwards.” After the battle of Waterloo, Louis XVIIL, the King of France, desired to bestow upon him the Order of the Holy Ghost; but the soldier would not accept it He hadn’t forgotten how Napoleon had trodden on his country for years, and he hated France and everything French., ; The Duke of,, Wellington endear ored to persuade him to receive this mark of royal respect. - “If I do,” said Blucher, “I will bang the Order on my back?’ “Well,” replied the Duke, “if you do, you will only show how highly you value it, by hanging it where the enemy will never hit it” This was a neatly turned compliment