HE SAVED PARIS
Now that Paris is in German possession we may recall the fact that, the city was once saved from destruction at the hands of the Germans by an unknown soldier. When after Waterloo Wellington and Blucher entered the city, Blucher wanted to sack it at once. He wished to begin by demolishing a bridge built to perpetuate the victory by Franco over Prussia. The Iron Duke,- however, would not hear of it, and when Blucher demurred, he told a British soldier to stand on the bridge. The red-coated sentry obeyed, and Wellington informed
Blucher that if he blew up the bridge and killed the sentry he would have made war on Britain. Blucher thought twice, and decided to let the bridge stand, but it must have been an uncomfortable time for the unknown soldier who stood between the Prussian general and the destruction of the city.
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Evening Star, Issue 23728, 8 November 1940, Page 3
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149HE SAVED PARIS Evening Star, Issue 23728, 8 November 1940, Page 3
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