Equestrian Portrait of Henri De La Tour D’Auvergne (1611-75) Marshal Turenne. Painting by Adam Frans van der Meulen.
When he died on the battlefield, the Marshall de Turenne was riding a magnificent horse, which was well-known and admired by his soldiers. Deprived of their leader, the officers were momentarily at a loss as to what to do, when the soldiers spoke up:
— “Put the Commandant’s horse in the front and we will follow it wherever it goes.”
Edmond Guérard, Dictionnaire encyclopédique d’anécdotes (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1872), Vol. 1, 208 (Nobility.org translation).
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 427
