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August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (27 October 1760 – 23 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.
August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal and reformer, one of the key figures in rebuilding and reorganizing the Prussian army shattered by Napoleon in 1806 and the architect of its victory during the wars of liberation (1813–15). Of impoverished noble parentage, Gneisenau.
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August Wilhelm Anton Neidhardt (ursprünglich: Neithardt), ab 1783 Neidhardt von Gneisenau, ab 1814 Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (* 27. Oktober 1760 in Schildau ; † 23. August 1831 in Posen ) war ein preußischer Feldmarschall , Heeresreformer und Befreiungskämpfer .
Born on 27 October 1760 in Schildau, Kreis Torgau, northeast of Leipzig, to a Lt in the artillery of the Electorate of Mainz; died on 23 August 1831 in Posen, now Posnan, Poland. The family Gneisenau originated in Austria and then moved to Swabia, southwest Germany.
August Gneisenau, Graf Neithardt von (ou´gŏŏst gräf nīt´härt fən gənī´zənou), 1760–1831, Prussian field marshal. In the Napoleonic Wars he fought at Jena (1806) and, as a major, won fame for his valiant defense of Kolberg.
Short biography (and portrait) of August Wilhelm Antonius Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831), Prussian military during the Napoleonic Wars
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August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (27 October 1760 – 23 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian army and in the war of liberation.
