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 →I've just noticed that my 1794 copy of Campe's Kinder Bibliothek has a library stamp from "Königl. Friedrich Wilhelms Gymnas." which I presume is the…
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 →Hauptmann von Blumenstein, billeted with Marwitz in Dresden in 1805, seems like quite the character. Although stereotypically French (lively,…
Read more →Today I received a copy of Der Tag ist Angebrochen! in the post, via AbeBooks as usual. 2nd edition, 1852, a little tatty but solid. I'm confident…
Read more →A new purchase, once again inspired by a reference in Marwitz's memoirs (Seite 77), apparently he read this whilst stuck in Nieszawa in Poland without…
Read more →I found a not particularly flattering reference to "Der Tag ist angebrochen!" by Rudolph Dulon in "Briefwechsel des Generals Leopold von Gerlach mit…
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