“That’s bad enough,” joked Blücher, “we have a good many more doctors than cobblers with us.”
Deserved a Title
When presented with a Doctor’s degree at Oxford, Blücher said:
“Well, now, you ought to make Gneisenau at least a druggist, for he made my pills.”
The Two Moves
After a hard day, Blücher was taking a few hours’ rest. An Adjutant wakened him to report: “The enemy has made a move!”
“Well,” cried the Prince, “then report to the enemy that I made one too!” and with this he turned over on his other side.
Another Victory
Blücher was a great lover of music. His favorite pieces electrified him as often as he heard them, but of them all Mozart’s “Magic Flute” took first place. While the allies were at Aachen, Angelica Catalani, the famous singer, aroused everybody’s enthusiasm. The Emperor Alexander of Russia stood at the head of her admirers, but her acknowledged favorite was the aged Marshal Vorwärts.
One evening Catalani sang at a large reception and one of her songs was Papageno’s “Ring, Little Bell, Ring.” Blücher was delighted, and asked her to sing another of Papageno’s songs, but the singer, greatly embarrassed, had to confess that she knew no other.