Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 217
nger of the king was furious.in Frederick, who had become majorin the Potsdam Guards before hewas quite fifteen, was now colonel of that regiment;and his attempted escape was regarded as desertionfrom the army. He was treated as a deserter, arrested,and imprisoned in the fortress of the little town… … And Imprisonedthe Fortress. Frederick the Great 191 plan of flight, Lieutenant Katte, was by the kingordered to be put to death at Kiistrin. The youngprince, we are told, saw him pass his window to thescaffold, and fainted at thesight. Frederick himselfhad been tried by court-mar-tial, and…
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