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G. H. Pertz and Hans Delbrück: Das Leben des Feldmarschalls Grafen Neithardt von Gneisenau. 5 vols., Berlin, 1864–1880 (Vols. 4 and 5 were edited by Delbrück. An edition in 2 vols. appeared in 1882.) Hans Delbrück: Das Leben des Feldmarschalls Grafen Neidhardt von Gneisenau. 2 vols., Berlin, 1894 2nd ed. This is an abridgment of Pertz and ...
The Gneisenau Memorial on Bebelplatz green space in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates the Prussian field marshal and freedom fighter August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831). Created from 1840 to 1855 by Christian Daniel Rauch in neoclassical style, it is a piece of the Berlin school of sculpture.
Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf: 1821: 1762–1823 [38] Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg: 1821: 1759–1830 [39] August Neidhardt von Gneisenau: 1825: 1760–1831 [40] Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten: 1839: 1770–1848 [41] Karl Freiherr von Müffling: 5 October 1847: 1775–1851 [42] Hermann von Boyen: 7 October 1847: 1771–1848 [43] Karl ...
The German General Staff, originally the Prussian General Staff and officially the Great General Staff (German: Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army and later, the German Army, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of war, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign.
On the first day, Blücher and his chief of staff August Neidhardt von Gneisenau became separated and did not issue orders for troop movements until late in the day, slowing down the Allied advance. [8] The French resistance grew in intensity, the Allied night marches multiplied owing to constant combat and delays, and the weather turned atrocious.
Gneisenau therefore initially ordered a retreat directly north on Tilly, which would maintain that contact". [33] However, Parkinson, citing Prussian records, claims Gneisenau "raged" over the lack of British support at Ligny and decided to retreat east after Tilly: "And slowly, fatefully, Gneisenau's choice of retreat route swung towards Liege ...
August von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal; Bruno Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1811–1889), Prussian general; One of the German naval ships named after August von Gneisenau: SMS Gneisenau (1879), iron-hulled three-masted frigate, wrecked in 1900; SMS Gneisenau, World War I armoured cruiser, launched in 1906 and sunk in 1914
Blücher and his chief of staff, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, thinking that the day's fighting was ended, went to the château. They were nearly made prisoners when some of Victor's infantry led by Louis Huguet-Chateau slipped up to the château by an unguarded road and seized the place. [ 24 ]