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Updated: May 13, 2025
But our positions may change one of these days, and then you will see." Perfectly frantic and purple in the face, Colonel von Krosick thundered forth: "When that day comes to pass, prince, I will rather break my sabre across my knee than serve under your command." Immediately the whole place was in an uproar.
No more striking instance of this can be given than his treatment of General Baron von Krosick, who expected to be dismissed from the army, possibly even banished, when William ascended the throne, but who instead has been overwhelmed by his sovereign with every conceivable honor, having received not merely his promotion from the rank of brigadier-general to that of inspector-general of the army, but also investiture with the exceedingly rare distinction of the Order of the Black Eagle, which, as I have already stated before, is the Prussian equivalent to the English Order of the Garter, and the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.
Colonel von Krosick, like the remainder of the officers, had drunk his fair share of wine. He never liked his royal subaltern, and took no pains to conceal his sentiments. Much nettled, and quite as short-tempered as his colonel, William called out, half jokingly, half bitterly: "That is all very well, colonel. You are my superior officer at present, and I am bound to defer to your opinion.
The Austrian crown prince being the first to jump from his seat, and a minute later both princes had left the mess-room and the barracks. Contrary to general expectation, Prince William made no report about the matter, either to his father or grandfather, and Colonel von Krosick heard nothing more about the affair. Of course he expected to receive his discharge when William ascended the throne.
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