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DENNEWITZ

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 44 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DENNEWITZ , a See also:

village of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, near Juterbog, 4o m. S.W. from See also:Berlin. It is memorable as the See also:scene of a decisive See also:battle on the 6th of See also:September 1813, in which See also:Marshal See also:Ney, with an See also:army of 58,000 See also:French, See also:Saxons and Poles, was defeated with See also:great loss by 50,000 Prussians under Generals Billow (afterwards See also:Count Billow of Dennewitz) and Tauentzien. The site of the battle is marked by an See also:iron See also:obelisk.

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