Aus dem Nachlasse von der Marwitz - Lebensbeschreibung
Well I've finally finished the first volume; Lebensbeschreibung, of Marwitz's Nachlasse, after starting reading it shortly after the New Year. I've…
Read more →Well I've finally finished the first volume; Lebensbeschreibung, of Marwitz's Nachlasse, after starting reading it shortly after the New Year. I've…
Read more →Waiting to be framed at the moment, Historische Karte von Preußen, around 1891 apparently, obviously taken from a book at some point but a nice little…
Read more →A couple of small excerpts, both relating to Marwitz's opinion of the effect of the Hardenberg reforms on Prussian society (Seiten 382 & 386). Das…
Read more →Purely by coincidence I just started reading about the Battle of Mollwitz in "Ausgewählte Werke Friedrichs des Großen", Erster Band, on the same day…
Read more →This seemed apposite considering my views of current politics, it was for opinions like this that Marwitz went to Spandau for a short while.
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 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…
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