14 JANUARY 1882, Page 14

MARSHAL VON MOLTKE.

[To THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I take the liberty to point out to you a mistake in your most interesting article about " Marshal von Moltke," in your edition of the 7th inst. Yon say in the same, Marshal von Moltke is a born Dane ; it is an undisputed fact that he was- born in Parchim, a town in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, a small German State, which has also given to Ger- many another great military leader, namely, Marshal Blucher. —I am, Sir, &c., Manchester, January 9th. H. KELLERMAN. [The Marshal was brought up in the Royal Military School at Copenhagen.—En. Spectator.]