archduke

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• A century ago today, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary embarked on his fatal journey to Sarajevo.

• I was born in Brooklyn on June 28, 1926, the 12th anniversary of the blowing up of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.

• They knew the Bosnians had targeted the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand.

• The wounded archduke begged his unconscious wife to stay alive for their children, but within the hour both were dead.

• So the bullet that Gavrilo Princip fired at old Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo (a redolent place-name) goes on echoing.

• It was a most difficult and dangerous operation, for at any moment the Archduke John might appear on the exposed right flank.

• His accession to the throne was opposed by the archduke of Austria, and gave rise to one of the most bloody wars on record.

• For two years the Archduke had been studying his task, and that in the light of ample experience.

• The Archduke intended to take and hold the village if possible, and the fighting continued there until midnight.

• The Archduke Charles was a fine strategic theorist, in his age second only to Napoleon.