of Julius Caesar’s. Retirement and later life Toward the end of March 1915, while inspecting an advanced portion of his troops, he was struck by shrapnel, which caused seven wounds and seriously injured his leg. Shortly afterward, he received the Order Pour le Mérite at the hospital. In October 1916 the Militär Wochenblatt announced that von Kluck had been placed on half-pay, in accordance with his request to be allowed to retire. His son, Lieutenant Egon von Kluck, was killed early in 1915. General von Kluck wrote of his participation in the War in the volume entitled Führung und Taten der Erste (1920). His post war memoirs, The March on Paris and the Battle of the Marne, were published in 1920. Kluck died in Berlin in October 1934. In popular culture Von Kluck's name was mentioned in a bawdy British army song (whose lyrics were written to the tune of the traditional folk-song The Girl I Left Behind Me), which in the original ran: "Kaiser Bill is feeling ill, The Crown Prince he's gone barmy. We don't give a fuck for old von Kluck And all his bleedin' army." It was later reported styled in censored form, that is, in less offensive but wholly inaccurate language from a historical point of view. It is unclear if "crown prince" referred to Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria or Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, both army commanders for the duration of the war, though Wilhelm generally fought opposite the French. Von Kluck is mentioned in Episode 2, “The Little Pink Book / Field Trip,” of Season 1 of the American animated comedy television series, Hey Arnold! Arnold's grandmother, upon seeing her distraught grandson, says, “I haven’t seen you this down since von Kluck swept through Belgium back in August ‘14.” Notes Books External links 1846 births 1934 deaths Military personnel from Münster German untitled nobility German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War German Army generals of World War I German military writers People from the Province of Westphalia Prussian people of the Austro-Prussian War Colonel generals of Prussia Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class German male non-fiction writers 19th-century Prussian military personnel