See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

FERDINAND BAPTISTA VON See also:

• FERDINAND BAPTISTA VON SCHILL (1776-1809)

SCHILL (1776-1809)  , Prussian soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . Entering the Prussian See also:

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

cavalry at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve, he was still a subaltern of dragoons when he was wounded at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Auerstadt . From that See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field he escaped to See also:

• KOLBERG (or COLBERG)

Kolberg, where he played a very prominent See also:

• PART

part in the celebrated See also:

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

siege of 1807, as the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of a volunteer force of all arms . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit he was promoted See also:

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

major and given the command of a See also:

• HUSSAR

hussar See also:

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

regiment formed from his Kolberg men . In 1809 the See also:

• POLITICAL

political situation in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe appeared to See also:

• SCHILL, FERDINAND BAPTISTA VON (1776-1809)

Schill to favour an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to liberate his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from the See also:

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

French domination . Leading out his regiment from See also:

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

Berlin under pretext of manoeuvres, he raised the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of revolt, and, joined by many See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and a See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, marched for the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe . At the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Dodendorf (5th of May 1809) he had a See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush with the See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison, but was soon driven northwards, where he hoped to find See also:

• BRITISH

British support . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia's proclamations prevented the patriots from receiving ,any appreciable assistance, and with little more than his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original force Schill was surrounded by 5000 Danish and Dutch troops in the neighbourhood of See also:

• WISMAR

Wismar . He escaped by hard fighting (See also:

• ACTION

action of Damgarten, 24th of May) to See also:

• STRALSUND

Stralsund, and attempted to put the crumbling fortifications in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . The Danes and Dutch soon hemmed him in, and by sheer See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers overwhelmed the defenders (May 31) . Schill himself was killed . Some parties escaped to Prussia, where the officers were tried by See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial, cashiered and imprisoned .

A few escaped to See also:

• SWINEMUNDE

Swinemunde, but the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest were either killed or taken . Handed over to the French, the soldiers were sent to the galleys, and the eleven officers shot at See also:

• WESEL
• WESEL, JOHANN RUCHRAT VON (d. 1481)

Wesel on the 16th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . The See also:

• BODY

body of Schill was buried at Stralsund, his 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 sent to See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, where it remained until 1837 . Monuments were erected at See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, Stralsund and Wesel, and the 1st Silesian Leib-Hussars have See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne Schill's name since 1889 . See Haken, See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand von Schill (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1824) ; Barsch, Ferdinand von Schill's See also:

• ZUG
• ZUG (Fr. Zoug)
• ZUG, LAKE OF

Zug and See also:

• TOD, JAMES (1782-1835)

Tod (Leipzig, 186o), and F. von Schill, ein Charakterbild (See also:

• POTSDAM

Potsdam, 1860) ; Petrich, See also:

• POMMER

Pommer'sche Lebensbilder, vol. ii . (See also:

• STETTIN

Stettin, 1884); See also:

• FRANCKE, AUGUST HERMANN (1663-1727)

Francke, Aus Stralsunds Franzosenzeit (18990) .