FREIHERR VON ADOLF See also:

• FREIHERR VON ADOLF LUTZOW (1782-1834)

LUTZOW (1782-1834)  , Prussian See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1795, and eleven years later as a lieutenant took See also:

• PART

part in the disastrous See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Auerstadt . He achieved distinction in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Colberg, as the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron of See also:

• SCHILL, FERDINAND BAPTISTA VON (1776-1809)

Schill's See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers . In 18o8, as a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, he retired from the Prussian army, indignant at the humiliating treaty of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit . He took part in the heroic venture of his old See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief Schill in 18og; wounded at Dodendorf and See also:

• LEFT

left behind, he thereby escaped the See also:

• FATE

fate of his comrades . In 1811 he was restored to the Prussian army as major, and at the outbreak of the " See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of liberation " received permission from See also:

• SCHARNHORST, GERHARD JOHANN DAVID VON (1755-1813)

Scharnhorst to organize a " See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps " consisting of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry and Tirolese marksmen, for operating in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• REAR

rear and rallying the smaller governments into the ranks of the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies . This corps played a marked part in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1813 . But See also:

• LUTZOW, ADOLF, FREIHERR VON (1782-1834)

Lutzow was unable to coerce the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor states, and the wanderings of the corps had little military See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . At Kitzen (near See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig) the whole corps, warned too See also:

• LATE

late of the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice of Poischwitz, was caught on the French See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• LINE

line of demarca- 1 So called as being the only See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade containing no See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign elements in the army . 2 They had, however, found detachments to reinforce the first line.tion and, as a fighting force, annihilated . Lutzow himself, wounded, cut his way out with the survivors, and immediately began reorganizing and recruiting . In the second part of the campaign the corps served in more See also:

• REGULAR

regular warfare under Wallmoden . Lutzow and his men distinguished themselves at Gadebusch (where Korner See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell) and Garde (where Lutzow himself, for the second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, received a severe See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the cavalry) .

Sent next against See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, and later employed at the siege of Jiilich, Lutzow in 1814 fell into the hands of the French . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of 1814 the corps was dissolved, the infantry becoming the 25th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

Regiment, the cavalry the 6th Ulans . At Ligny he led the 6th Ulans to the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, but they were broken by the French cavalry, and he finally remained in the hands of the enemy, escaping, however, on the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo . Made See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in this See also:

• YEAR

year, his subsequent promotions were: major-general 1822, and lieutenant-general (on retire- ment) 183o . He died in 1834 . One of the last acts of his See also:

• LIFE

life for which Lutzow is remembered is his See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge (which was ignored) to See also:

• BLUCHER, GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON (1742—1819)

Blucher, who had been ridden down in the rout of the 6th Ulans at Ligny, and had made, in his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, comments thereon, which their colonel considered disparaging . See Koberstein in Preussisches Jahrbuch, vol. See also:

• XXIII

xxiii (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1868), and Preussisches Bilderbuch (Leipzig, 1889) ; K. von Lutzow, Adolf Lutzows Freikorps (Berlin, 1884) ; Fr. von Jagwitz, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Lutzow'schen Freikorps (Berlin, 1892) ; and the histories of the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1813 and 1815 .