Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm Freiherr von Lützow (1782–1834) was a Prussian lieutenant general notable for his organization and command of a Freikorps of volunteers during the Napoleonic Wars. 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps) was originally applied to voluntary armies. ... The Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1804 until 1815. ...

He first entered the army in 1795, and eleven years later as a lieutenant took part in the disastrous battle of Auerstadt. He then achieved distinction in the siege of Colberg, as the leader of a squadron of Schill's volunteers. In 1808, as a major he retired from the Prussian army, indignant at the humiliating treaty of Tilsit. He took part in the heroic venture of his old chief Schill in 1809; wounded at Dodendorf and left behind, he thereby escaped the fate of his comrades. In 1811 he was restored to the Prussian army as major, and at the outbreak of the war of liberation received permission from Scharnhorst to organize a free corps consisting of infantry, cavalry and Tirolese marksmen, for operating in the French rear and rallying the smaller governments into the ranks of the allies. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Auerstädt, was fought on 14 October 1806, and resulted in a French victory under marshall Davout against the Prussians under General Brunswick. ... Ferdinand Baptista von Schill (1776 - 1809), was a Prussian soldier who revolted unsuccessfully against French domination in May of 1809. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the town of Tilsit in July, 1807. ... Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (November 12, 1755 - June 28, 1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. ... Tyrol (Tirol in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. ...

This corps played a marked part in the campaign of 1813. But Lützow was unable to coerce the minor states, and the wanderings of the corps had little military influence. At Kitzen (near Leipzig) the whole corps, warned too late of the armistice of Poischwitz, was caught on the French side of the line of demarcation. So called as being the only brigade containing no foreign elements in the army and, as a fighting force, annihilated. Lützow himself, wounded, cut his way out with the survivors, and immediately began reorganizing and recruiting. 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...

In the second part of the campaign the corps served in more regular warfare under Wallmoden. Lützow and his men distinguished themselves at Gadebusch (where Körner fell) and Gohrde (where Lützow himself, for the second time, received a severe wound at the head of the cavalry). Sent next against Denmark, and later employed at the siege of Jühich, Lützow in 1814 fell into the hands of the French. Karl Theodore Korner (1791-1813), or Karl Theodor Körner, was a German poet and soldier. ...

After the peace of 1814 the corps was dissolved, the infantry becoming the 25th Regiment, the cavalry the 6th Ulans. At Ligny he led the 6th Ulans to the charge, but they were broken by the French cavalry, and he finally remained in the hands of the enemy, escaping, however, on the day of Waterloo. Made colonel in this year, his subsequent promotions were: major-general 1822, and lieutenant-general (on retirement) 1830. 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Battle of Ligny Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date June 16, 1815 Place Ligny, France Prussia Commanders Napoléon Bonaparte Gebhard von Blücher Strength 3 corps 84,000 Casualties 11,500 22,000 The Battle of Ligny, fought June 16, French victory under Napoleon against the Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht... Battle of Waterloo Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date June 18, 1815 Place Waterloo, Belgium Result Decisive Allied victory Map of the Waterloo campaign The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonapartes last battle. ...

One of the last acts of his life for which Lützow is remembered is his challenge (which was ignored) to Blücher, who had been ridden down in the rout of the 6th Ulans at Ligny, and had made, in his official report, comments thereon, which their colonel considered disparaging. Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ( December 16, 1742 in Rostock ( Mecklenburg) - September 12, 1819) in Krieblowitz ( Silesia), count, later elevated Prince of Wahlstatt, was a Prussian general who led his army against Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. ...

• Note regarding personal names: Freiherr is a title, usually translated Baron, not a first or middle name.

Freiherr (German for Free Lord) is a title of lower nobility in Germany, and Austria-Hungary, considered equal to the title Baron. ...

References

• Koberstein in Preussisches Jahrbuch, vol. xxiii (Berlin, 1868)
• Preussisches Bilderbuch (Leipzig, 1889)
• K von Lützow, Adolf Lützows Freikorps (Berlin, 1884)
• Fr. von Jagwitz, Geschichte des Lützowischen Freikorps (Berlin, 1892)
• the histories of the campaigns of 1813 and 1815.

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