An eminent soldier, who served first under the Margrave of
Anspach-Bayreuth; then in the English, then in the Prussian service. On
the return of Napoleon from Elba, he was placed at the head of Blucher’s
staff, and was mainly instrumental in bringing up the Prussian troops at
Waterloo, where he ably conducted the pursuit. In 1831, took the command
of the Prussian army on the breaking out of the Polish insurrection, and
died of cholera the same year. A great master of strategy.
[By F. Tieck. Bronze. 1821. In the Pleasure Garden near the Palace at
Potsdam.]