Die Schlacht von Kunersdorf
Today is the 258th anniversary of the battle of Kunersdorf, not Frederick the Great's greatest moment. The king himself lost 3 horses, 1 shot from…
Read more →Today is the 258th anniversary of the battle of Kunersdorf, not Frederick the Great's greatest moment. The king himself lost 3 horses, 1 shot from…
Read more →Ich habe schon von den Streit zwischen Marwitz und Baron vom Stein gehört, aber diesen Auszug aus Marwitz's Nachlasse (Seite 292) macht die…
Read more →A short entry from Campe's Kleine Kinderbibliothek (Seite 281), I think it's fair to say that opinions on what constitutes a good example for children…
Read more →A cutting from a magazine, 1950's maybe?, found in "Ausgewählte Werke Friedrichs des Großen", Erster Band.
Read more →Marwitz with regards to the standard of military commanders of the time, and von Blücher, in 1807 (Nachlasse 1, seite 247): Dies ist auch eine von den…
Read more →Today is the anniversary of the Emser Depesche incident, which led sofort to the Franco-Prussian War. The blame attached to Bismarck by most…
Read more →Russian or Prussian? Hero or Villain? Marwitz states in his memoirs (Seite 210), apparently relating what he had heard from Major (later Field…
Read more →Today is the the 129th (only 129, how the world changes) anniversary of the untimely death of Frederick III and the ascension of Wilhelm II. You could…
Read more →Time for another Marwitz instalment, this time a couple of small, superstitious observations from 1806. In the lead up to the war with Napoleon (der…
Read more →Hauptmann von Blumenstein, billeted with Marwitz in Dresden in 1805, seems like quite the character. Although stereotypically French (lively,…
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