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(Marshal). G.L. von Blücher was called Marschall Vorwarts, from his constant exhortation to his hussars in the campaigns preceding the great battle of Waterloo, Vorwärts! always Vorwärts! (1742-1819.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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