THE KING OF SAXONY.
. HIS CONDITION- CRITICAL. "United Press Association—By' Electric Telegraph—Copyright. .', LONDON,'Jan. 4. ' The King of Saxony is in a critical condition. It is semi-officially announced that he is unlikely to survive beyond a few days. (King Albert of Saxony, was born April 23, 1828, and succeeded his father in 1873. He received a thorough; military education, and took part in the Danish war of 1848. He fought also' on the ■side of the Austrians in the disastrous battle of Sadowa in 1866, and likewise in the Franco-German war in the operations before Metz, and in the operations which terminated in the surrender of Napoleon at Sedan, and the siege of Paris, when, he held the right bank of the Seine. On the conclusion of the war he was made Field-Marshal and InspectorGeneral of the German Army. He married Caroline, the daughter of Prince Gustavus Vasa of Sweden. His heir is his brother, Prince George.) . • I
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13016, 5 January 1903, Page 5
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157THE KING OF SAXONY. Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13016, 5 January 1903, Page 5
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