trop en flèche, advanced toofar

xo. Prince Royal. Frederick III, German Kaiser and King of Prussia, bom 1831, son of Emperor William I. He was known before his ascent to the throne as Frederick William. At the outbreak of war in 1870 he received command of the Third Army, and won the great victory of Weissenburg, Aug. 4. He was affectionately called "Unser Fritz" by his soldiers. On January 18, 1871, he was named Crown Prince of Germany, and on the death of William I he became Eipperor. He died of cancer of the throat on June 1 5, after a rule of only ninety-nine dkys.