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Brunswick, Charles William, Duke of

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Prussian general, commanded the Prussian and Austrian forces levied to put down the French Revolution; emitted a violent, blustering manifesto, but a Revolutionary army under Dumouriez and Kellermann met him at Valmy, and compelled him to retreat in 1792; was beaten by Davout at Auerstädt, and mortally wounded (1735-1806).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Brunswick, Charles William, Duke of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/brunswick-charles-william-duke-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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