Levin August von Bennigsen
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Levin August Gottlieb Theophil, Graf von Bennigsen, also known as Leonty Leontyevich Bennigsen, was a German general in the service of the Russian Empire. Bennigsen made a name for himself in Russian
Portrait by George Dawe (1820)
Bennigsen with the Ribbon of Saint George.
Count Bennigsen and his family * Wife Maria-Leonarda * Son Alexander
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
Levin August von Bennigsen
…an army. Bennigsen participated in the battles of Bautzen and Lützen, leading one of the columns that made the decisive attack on the last day of the Battle of Leipzig (16–19 October 1813). On the same evening he was made a count by the emperor Alexander I, and he afterwards commanded the forces which operated against…
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