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Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht Von
Born Dec. 16, 1742, in Rostock; died Sept. 12, 1819, in Krieblowitz, Silesia. Prussian general field marshal. Prince of Wahlstatt. Blücher joined the Swedish army in 1758 but fell captive to the Prussians during the Seven Years’ War, 1756–63, and transferred to their service in 1760. He was taken prisoner in 1807 by the French during the Russo-Prussian-French war of 1806–07. He later commanded Prussian troops in Pomerania. Blücher was an advocate of army reform. He was removed from his post in 1812 because of his openly expressed hatred of Napoleon. In 1813 he commanded the Russo-Prussian army in Silesia; in 1815 he was commander in chief of the Prussian-Saxon army which acted successfully at Waterloo. He was nicknamed “Marshal Advance” for his energy and resoluteness. Marx and Engels had a high opinion of his courage, indefatigability, and talents in the area of tactics (see “Bliicher,” in Soch., 2nd ed., vol. 14, pp. 178–95). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The Congress''s Final Act was signed nine days before his final defeat by Prussia''s Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher with the help of the United Kingdom''s Duke of Wellington at Waterloo on June 18, 1815. Proposed additions The Prince Blucher pub, in Stafford Street, Walsall which is a three-storey, 19th century building deriving its name from Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, who led the Prussian army to help defeat the French at Waterloo in 1815Two almshouses in Bath Street, Walsall, which were founded in 1519 and rebuilt in 1873. Clausewitz points out, for example, that in the February 1814 campaign against France, the allies' COG lay more with Prussia's Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher than with Austria's Prince Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg, even though the latter had a larger army (140,000) than the former (100,000). |
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