Johann Ewald
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Johann von Ewald was a German army officer from Hesse-Kassel. After first serving in the Seven Years' War, he was the commander of the Jäger corps of the Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment attached to Bri
Print of Ewald in his Danish general's uniform
Battle of Lübeck
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The Battle of Lübeck took place on 6 November 1806 in Lübeck, Germany between soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who were retreating from defeat at the Battle of
Johann Ewald
…for the defense of the Duchy of Holstein, which represented Denmark's southern frontier. In 1806, after the Prussian loss to French forces in the Battle of Lübeck, Prussian forces attempted to cross the border to escape the French. The French, believing they had done so, demanded the right to cross the border in…
Prussian and French troops fighting in front of the Burgtor, drawing by Benjamin Zix (1806)
Gebhard von Blücher
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Ludwig Yorck