TODAY’S QUESTION:
What was the King of Prussia, Frederick the Great’s, general order issued in 1745 in regards to any soldier who attempted to run away during battle?
Answer: ‘If any soldier should attempt to run away during battle and should set as much as one foot out of his rank, the noncommissioned officer standing to his rear shall run him through with the short sword and kill him on the spot’
Source: William A Levinson