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See also:BULOW, See also:FRIEDRICH WILHELM , FaEIHERR VON, See also:count of See also:Dennewitz (1755–1816), Prussian See also:general, was See also:born on the 16th of See also:February 1755, at Falkenberg in the Altmark; he was the See also:elder See also:brother of the foregoing. He received an excellent See also:education, and entered the Prussian See also:army in 1768, becoming See also:ensign in 1772, and second See also:lieutenant in 1775. He took See also:part in the " See also:Potato See also:War " of 1778, and subsequently devoted him-self to the study of his profession and of the sciences and arts. He was throughout his See also:life devoted to See also:music, his See also:great musical ability bringing him to the See also:notice of See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William II., and about 1790 he was conspicuous in the most fashionable circles of See also:Berlin. He did not, however, neglect his military studies, and in 1792 he was made military instructor to the See also:young See also:prince See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Ferdinand, becoming at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time full See also:captain. He took part in the See also:campaigns of 1792–93–94 on the See also:Rhine, and received for See also:signal courage during the See also:siege of See also:Mainz the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order pour le merite and promotion to the See also:rank of See also:major. After this he went to See also:garrison See also:duty at Soldau. In 18o2 he married the daughter of See also:Colonel v. Auer, and in the following See also:year he became lieutenant-colonel, remaining at Soldau with his See also:corps. The vagaries and misfortunes of his brother See also:Dietrich affected his happiness as well as his See also:fortune. The loss of two of his See also:children was followed in ,8o6 by the See also:death of his wife, and a further source of disappointment was the exclusion of his See also:regiment from the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field army sent against See also:Napoleon in 18o6. The disasters of the See also:campaign aroused his energies. He did excellent service under Lestocq's command in the latter part of the war, was wounded in See also:action, and finally designated for a See also:brigade command in See also:Blucher's force. In 1808 he married the See also:sister of his first wife, a girl of eighteen. He was made a major-general in the same year, and henceforward he devoted himself wholly to the re-See also:generation of See also:Prussia. The intensity of his patriotism threw him into conflict even with Blucher and led to his temporary retirement; in 1811, however, he was again employed. In the See also:critical days preceding the War of Liberation he kept his troops in See also:hand without committing himself to any irrevocable step until the decision was made. On the 14th of See also:March 1813 he was made a lieutenant-general. He fought against See also:Oudinot in See also:defence of Berlin (see See also:NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGNS), and in the summer came under the command of Bernadotte, See also:crown prince of See also:Sweden. At the See also:head of an army corps Billow distinguished himself very greatly in the See also:battle of See also:Gross Beeren, a victory which was attributed almost entirely to his leadership. A little later he won the great victory of Dennewitz, which for the third time checked Napoleon's advance on Berlin. This inspired the greatest See also:enthusiasm in Prussia, as being won by purely Prussian forces, and rendered Billow's popularity almost equal to that of Blucher. Billow's corps played a conspicuous part in the final overthrow of Napoleon at See also:Leipzig, and he was then entrusted with the task of evicting the See also:French from See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland and See also:Belgium. In an almost uniformly successful campaign he won a signal victory at Hoogstradten, and in the campaign of 1814 he invaded See also:France from the See also:north-See also:west, joined Blucher, and took part in the brilliant victory of See also:Laon in March. He was now made general of See also:infantry and received the See also:title of Count Billow von Dennewitz. In the See also:short See also:peace of 1814–1815 he was at See also:Konigsberg as commanderin-See also:chief in Prussia proper. He was soon called to the field again, and in the See also:Waterloo campaign commanded the IV. corps of Blucher's army. He was not See also:present at Ligny, but his corps headed the flank attack upon Napoleon at Waterloo, and See also:bore the heaviest part in the fighting of the Prussian troops. He took part in the invasion of France, but died suddenly on the 25th of February 1816, a See also:month after his return to the Konigsberg command.
See General See also:Graf Billow von Dennewitz, 1813—1814 (Leipzig, 1843) Varnhagen von Ense, Leben See also:des G. Grafen B. von D.
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