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Show HT" - ROYALTY IN WAR The Pr nee of Wales a cording to London adv ces intended to go to 5 France Tvith tb egiment to which he t has the honor to belong Perhaps we should sav the regiment wh ch s honored by h s belonnng thereto Any fljfj way the he r ai parent to the Br t sh W throne des red to be off tor the wars n 1 emulat on of Edwa d the Black Pr n e jjlrt, who made h stor n France ome hun Eg dreds of years ago but who ne er sue eeded to th rown The Plantage nets almost m ar ablv appeared on Wj the field of battle n the "ood old days as an anc ent hron le calls them '2 The tnarts were not remarkable for phys cal ourage or m 1 tar prowess W& and while Charles I was present at the sJn battle which dec ded h s fate he al Wpt lowed another carpet kn ght to lead M- him from the field where he should i, ha c d ed1 w th his face to the foe Te 'Jfea labng the nc dent "laculei could not fmgtt conce re of anyone performinR a 111 e W: "ervice for Old Noll at Marston Jloor ft One of the pretenders fought w th the HK& French at "falplaquet but it cannot be BR aid that he d t ngu shed himself pST xhe, ancestors of the Pnnce of Wales KjSJ were not warriors and one must travel HbT back nearly "00 years before the he r if to the throne of England s discovered m the forefront of battle at the r sk of his life It was Thackerav be m lief that George IV had 1 heard so ' mnch of the war knighted so many oeople and worn such a prod gious' f jaantity of marshal s uniforms cocked hats o(iks feather" scarlet and bul , lien in "eneral that he aejuallv fane ed 1 that he had been present in some cam TL pa gns and under the name of General Brock led a tremendous charge of the German legion at Waterloo It is jjfejl fu te needle's to remark that George BU. IV did not lead any charges tre j mendous or otherwise at any pla e or time The last king of England to dis JBjS tinm sh h mself upon the field of bat tie was George II who headed the Hanover contingent and fought 1 ke a t Trojan under Eugene and JIarl borough and he s sa d to have espec ally d stinmished h mself it I " Oudenarde located in the present war s zone On publ e fest vals n alter St years accord ng to f ackeraj he al IWl ways appeared n th nat and coat he wore on that famous day at Oudenarde r and wh le the people laughed at the jB ancient m 1 tary regal a they respected the man on account of his undoubted brave The author of the Foul Georges relates an nc dent of Dett ngen when the horse George II was idns ran awa w th h m and cfii ilffi iiH.v was stonred IrOm cam v- ng hun nto the enemy s 1 nes The - gallant 1 ttle sold er 1 amounted and said Now I know I shall not r n away placed h nbclf dt th 1 ea 1 of the foot d ew h s sword brand sh ng 4S t at the whole of the Frencl army and call ng out to h s own men to co e on n bad Engl sh but v, the n st famous pluck and sp r t yS So instead of emulating the example of Edward the Black Prince who was born m 1330 and died in U 6 the ' Prince of Wales should take George II 5- for h s model if he ever fares forth to fight the testy little monar b be n of the same family as the present re gn ng m house and as ment onel before the X, last king of tnfcland to expose h s august person on the field of battle I Moreover tbo Black Pnnce was blood ' thirsty for when he retook the tv of i. Limoges wh ch had been captured by the French le put 3000 of ts n habitants to the sword for the purpose of strik ng terror into the hearts of inhabitants of other cities an example which seems to ha e been followed to some extent in the present war The Pr nee of Wales could do no less than offer to go to the cont nent w th the Br t sh armv K ng Albert has been fighting valiantly for several woel s w th h s hero c Bclg ans Emperor W 1 11am w th his six sons s on the fir ng 1 ne the Archduke of Austr a hoir to the throne s fight g against tho R s s ans n Gal e a while tho crown princo of Srrvia placed himself at tho head of 1 s gallant and hero etorans ut tl o outl reak of th war Tbo Br t h pr nco Byioll le a woakl n, l-r I h sh w 1 tl o wl f ath wh t ay I o an gr wa 1 i f he wo 1 1 I1! I Marshal K H on a I tbo yfi ng man h as a s 1 r a on b h an o h f on i o B b en of h an ow |