THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 897, 27 June 1879, Page 3

THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Our cablegrams announce the death of the Prince Imperial, who only recently proceeded to the Cape to serve as a volunteer in the British army. We taka the following account of his career from “ Mon of the | Time ” : “ Napoleon (Prince Imperial of France), j Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, son of the lute Emperor Napoleon 111. ami the Empress , Eugenie, was born March 16th, 1850. For some time great fears were intertained on account of the delicacy of his health, which improved considerably in the summer ot 1807. In 1870 he accompanied bis father to the seat of war, and was present, on August 2nd, at the capture of Saarbruck, when the Emperor telegraphed to the Empress at Paris this memorable dispatch : ‘ Louis has just received bis baptism of fire. He showed admirable coolness, and was not at all affected. A division of General Frossard has captured the heights which overlook the left bank at Saarbruck. The Prussians made but a short resistance. We were in the front rank, hut the bullets and cannon-balls fell at our feet. Louis has kept a bullet which fell quite close to him. Some of the soldiers wept at seeing him so calm. Wo have only lost one officer ami 10 men killed.’ After the disastrous defeat at Sedan, the young Prince made his escape to Belgium, and crossing from Ostend to Dover on September 6th, proceeded to Hastings, were be was joined by the Empress three days latter. He subsequently resided with his illustrious parents at Chislehurst. His Imperial Highness joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a gentleman cadet, and pursued his studies there without intermission, except for a short period, when, in consequence of the death of his father, he was unable to he present at the periodical examination in February, 1873. He then joined the first class of students preparing for the examination for commissions in the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery, with which class he was associated during his subsequent career at the Academy. At the final examination in February, 1875, lie stood seventh in a class of 34, a posil ion which, if be had wished to enter the B: iir hj atmy, would have entitled him to elect scvice in the Artillery or Engineers. ”