Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher (December 16, 1742 in Rostock (Mecklenburg) - September 12, 1819 in Krieblowitz (Silesia) (now Krobielowice in Poland)), Graf (Count), later elevated to F?rst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian general who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Honorary citizen of Rostock, and Berlin. Bl?cher bore the nickname "Marschall Vorw?rts" ("Field Marshal Forward") because of his approach to warfare.

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• 1760: Pomeranian Campaign (as Swedish soldier; captured by Prussia; changed sides)
• Seven Years' War
• 1787: Expedition to the Netherlands with Red Hussars
• 1793-1794: French campaigns with Red Hussars
• 1806: Auerstadt, Pomerania, Berlin, K?nigsberg
• 1813: L?tzen, Bautzen, Katzbach, M?ckern, Leipzig
• 1814: Brienne, La Rothi?re, Champaubert, Vauxchamps, Montmirail, Laon, Montmartre
• 1815: Lower Rhine (Ligny), Waterloo

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Rostock: Rostock (Slavic origin: roztoka, Polish: Roztoka) is a city in northern Germany. It is the largest city in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Rostock is located on the Warnow river; the quarter of Warnem?nde 12 km north of the city centre lies directly on the coast of the Baltic Sea....

Mecklenburg: Mecklenburg is a geographical area located in Northern Germany. Its borders are the Baltic Sea to the north, the rivers of Recknitz and Trebel to the east, the Elbe river to the southwest, and Lower Saxony and Holstein to the west....

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