Biographies : 4
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BiographyWEYROTHER, Franz von
After serving with distinction during the war against the Turks (1788-1790), in early 1796 he served under Archduke Charles in Germany, being towards the end of the year transferred to Alvinczy's staff in Italy. There he drafted the plan for the combat at Bassano, where the Austrians were defeated. In 1799, he served under Kray […]
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BiographyWILSON, Sir Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas Wilson was born in London in 1777. He took up a cornetcy in 15th Light Dragoons in 1793, where he made lieutenant. His service during the Revolutionary Wars saw Wilson distinguish himself a number of times, in particular at the Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies (24 April, 1794) where he was involved in saving Francis […]
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BiographyWITTGENSTEIN, Peter Khristianovich
Peter Wittgenstein came from an aristocratic family of Prussian origin. He was born on 5 January, 1769, and at the age of 21 enlisted as a sergeant on 1 April, 1781, in the Life Guard Semeyonovsk Regiment. He was an excellent and courageous horseman who fought in the Russo-Polish War in 1794, during which time […]
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BiographyWREDE, Carl-Philip, prince (1767-1838), ‘South German’ General and Diplomat
Karl Philip Freiherr von Wrede was born in Heidelberg in 1767. On joining the Elector's army he rose to colonel in 1795. Fighting under the orders of the Austrian Erzherzog Karl, he covered the retreat of the defeated Austrian army after Hohenlinden (3 December, 1800). When Bavaria entered into an alliance with the French, he […]