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Ludwig Adolf was born on May 18, 1782 in Berlin, Germany.
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Title: Ein Streifzug der Lu?tzow'schen Reiterschaar und der Ueberfall bei Kitzen. i.e. - Gesner. Geschildert von einem alten Lu?tzower. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Luetzow, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von; Gesner, Lu?tzower; 1863. 106 p. ; 8º. M.L.b.47.
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Ludwig Adolf was born on May 18, 1782 in Berlin, Germany.
Lützow entered the Prussian Army in 1795 and was present at the decisive defeat of the Prussian forces by the French at Auerstädt (1806). He retired in 1808 and participated in Ferdinand von Schill’s abortive popular rising against the French the next year.
In 1811 Lützow reentered the Prussian Army. At the outbreak of the Wars of Liberation (1813), he received permission from Gerhard von Scharnhorst (the Prussian chief of staff) to organize a mounted free corps (called the Lützowsche Freikorps), composed mainly of non-Prussian volunteers, to operate behind the French lines. The formation eventually numbered about 3, 000 and became popularly known as the Schwarze Schar (“Black Band”) after its uniform, which was a symbol of mourning for enslaved Germany.
The armistice of June 4, 1813, caught Lützow’s group on the wrong side of the demarcation line, and it was practically annihilated. Reorganizing his unit, he again fought partisan actions, during which he was repeatedly wounded. At Ligny (June 16, 1815) Lützow led the 6th Uhlans in an abortive charge which ended in their being routed by the French cavalry.
He was captured, but escaped at Waterloo on June 18. He remained in the Prussian Army after the war.
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