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See also:KALCKREUTH (or KALKREUTH), See also:FRIEDRICH ADOLF, See also:COUNT VON (1737—1818) , Prussian soldier, entered the See also:regiment of Gardes du See also:Corps in 1752, and in 1758 was See also:adjutant or aide de See also:camp to See also:Frederick the See also:Great's See also:brother, See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, with whom he served throughout the later stages of the Seven Years' See also:War. He won See also:special distinction at the See also:battle of See also:Freiberg (See also:Sept. 29, 1762), for which Frederick promoted him See also:major. See also:Personal See also:differences with Prince Henry severed their connexion in 1766, and for many years Kalckreuth lived in See also:comparative retirement. But he made the See also:campaign of the War of the Bavarian See also:Succession as a See also:colonel, and on the See also:accession of 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. was restored to favour. He greatly distinguished himself as a major-See also:general in the invasion of 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 in 1787, and by 1792 had be-come count and See also:lieutenant-general. Under See also:Brunswick he took a conspicuous See also:part in the campaign of Valmy in 1792, the See also:siege and See also:capture of See also:Mainz in 1793, and the battle of See also:Kaiserslautern in 1794. In the See also:campaigns against See also:Napoleon in 18o6 he played a marked part for See also:good or evil, both at Auerstadt and in the See also:miser-able See also:retreat of the beaten Prussians. In 1807 he defended See also:Danzig for 78 days against the See also:French under See also:Marshal See also:Lefebvre, with far greater skill and See also:energy than he had shown in the previous See also:year. He was promoted 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 marshal soon afterwards, and conducted many of the negotiations at See also:Tilsit. He died as See also:governor of See also:Berlin in 18r8.
The Dictees du Feldmarechal Kalckreuth were published by his son (See also:Paris, 1844).
End of Article: KALCKREUTH (or KALKREUTH), FRIEDRICH ADOLF, COUNT VON (1737—1818)
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