Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Graf, later elevated to Fürst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon at the Battl
Portrait by George Dawe, 1818
Marschall Vorwärts by Emil Hünten (1863)
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher in Bautzen by Bogdan Willewalde (1885)
Blücher and the Army of Silesia crossing the Rhine near to Kaub, onto the French territory; 1 January 1814. By Wilhelm Camphausen (1859).
Battle of Leipzig
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The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alex
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
…von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal). He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Blücher was born in Rostock, the son of a retired army captain. His military career began in 1758 as a…
Battle of Leipzig Vladimir Moshkov, 1815
Napoleon and Poniatowski at Leipzig, by January Suchodolski
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia and supreme commander of the Coalition armies
Karl von Schwarzenberg of Austria, commander-in-chief of the Coalition armies