Louis Klein, the Glossary
Dominique Louis Antoine Klein (19 January 1761 – 2 November 1845) served in the French military during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars as a general of cavalry.[1]
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85 relations: Aare, Adolphe Thiers, Alexander Korsakov, André Masséna, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Army of Condé, Army of Helvetia, Army of Sambre and Meuse, Army of the Danube, Army of the North (France), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso, Battle of Austerlitz, Battle of Dürenstein, Battle of Fleurus (1794), Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, Battle of Ostrach, Battle of Stockach (1799), Battle of Winterthur, Black Forest, Blâmont, Bourbon Restoration in France, Bratislava, Brigadier general, Cavalry, Chief of staff, Danube, Dietikon, Digby Smith, Dominique Vandamme, Erfurt, First Battle of Zurich, François Antoine Louis Bourcier, François Joseph Lefebvre, Francis Loraine Petre, Frederick William III of Prussia, French Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, Fricktal, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Grande Armée, Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière, Hundred Days, Jean Augustin Ernouf, Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Joachim Murat, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Joseph Souham, ... Expand index (35 more) »
Aare
The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.
Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian.
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Alexander Korsakov
Alexander Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков; August 24, 1753 – May 25, 1840) was a Russian general remembered as an unlucky assistant to Alexander Suvorov during his Swiss expedition of 1799–1800.
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André Masséna
André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817), was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and André Masséna are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle
Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle (10 May 17756 July 1809) was a French cavalry general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle are Knights of the Order of Saint Louis and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. Louis Klein and Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
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Army of Condé
The Army of Condé (Armée de Condé) was a French field army during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Army of Helvetia
The Army of Helvetia, or (Armée d'Helvétie), was a command of the French Revolutionary Army.
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Army of Sambre and Meuse
The Army of Sambre and Meuse (Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse) was one of the armies of the French Revolution.
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Army of the Danube
The Army of the Danube (Armée du Danube) was a field army of the French Directory in the 1799 southwestern campaign in the Upper Danube valley.
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Army of the North (France)
The Army of the North or Armée du Nord is a name given to several historical units of the French Army.
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Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duke of Treviso (13 February 176828 July 1835), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso are members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration, members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battle of Dürenstein
The Battle of Dürenstein (Schlacht bei Dürnstein; also known as Dürrenstein, Dürnstein and Diernstein) or the Battle of Krems (Сражение при Кремсе), on 11 November 1805, was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition.
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Battle of Fleurus (1794)
The Battle of Fleurus, on 26 June 1794, was an engagement during the War of the First Coalition, between the army of the First French Republic, under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the Coalition army (Britain, Hanover, Dutch Republic, and Habsburg monarchy), commanded by Prince Josias of Coburg, in the most significant battle of the Flanders Campaign in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older spelling: Auerstädt) were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia.
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Battle of Ostrach
The Battle of Ostrach, also called the Battle by Ostrach, occurred on 20–21 March 1799.
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Battle of Stockach (1799)
The Battle of Stockach occurred on 25 March 1799, when French and Austrian armies fought for control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present-day Baden-Württemberg.
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Battle of Winterthur
The Battle of Winterthur (27 May 1799) was an important action between elements of the Army of the Danube and elements of the Habsburg army, commanded by Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Black Forest
The Black Forest (Schwarzwald) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland.
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Blâmont
Blâmont is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.
Bourbon Restoration in France
The Second Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history during which the House of Bourbon returned to power after the fall of the First French Empire in 1815.
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Bratislava
Bratislava (German: Pressburg or Preßburg,; Hungarian: Pozsony; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.
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Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.
Chief of staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president, or a senior military officer, or leader of a large organization.
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Danube
The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.
Dietikon
Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf.
Digby Smith
Digby George Smith (1 January 1935 – 9 January 2024), who also used the pseudonym Otto von Pivka, was a British military historian.
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Dominique Vandamme
General Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme, Count of Unseburg (5 November 1770, in Cassel, Nord – 15 July 1830) was a French military officer, who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Dominique Vandamme are names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia.
First Battle of Zurich
The First Battle of Zurich, from 4 to 7 June 1799, forced French General André Masséna to yield the city of Zurich to the Austrians, under Archduke Charles, and to retreat beyond the Limmat, where he managed to fortify his positions, which resulted in a stalemate.
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François Antoine Louis Bourcier
François Antoine Louis Bourcier (23 February 1760 – 8 May 1828) was a French cavalry officer and divisional general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and François Antoine Louis Bourcier are names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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François Joseph Lefebvre
François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820), was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. Louis Klein and François Joseph Lefebvre are members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Francis Loraine Petre
Francis Loraine Petre (22 February 1852 – 6 May 1925) was a British civil servant in India and a military historian upon his retirement.
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Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III (Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840.
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
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French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.
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Fricktal
The Fricktal ("Frick Valley") is a region on Northwestern Switzerland, comprising the Laufenburg and Rheinfelden districts of the Swiss canton of Aargau.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (sovereign prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal).
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Grande Armée
paren) was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars. From 1804 to 1808, it won a series of military victories that allowed the French Empire to exercise unprecedented control over most of Europe. Widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever assembled, it suffered enormous losses during the disastrous Peninsular War followed by the invasion of Russia in 1812, after which it never recovered its strategic superiority and ended in total defeat for Napoleonic France by the Peace of Paris in 1815.
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Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière
Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière (29 October 1765 – 9 April 1845) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière are 1845 deaths and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Hundred Days
The Hundred Days (les Cent-Jours), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (Guerre de la Septième Coalition), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).
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Jean Augustin Ernouf
Manuel Louis Jean Augustin Ernouf (29 August 1753 – 12 September 1827) was a French general and colonial administrator of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Louis Klein and Jean Augustin Ernouf are Knights of the Order of Saint Louis.
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Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge (born 22 November 1767 in Caen; died 28 November 1826 in Chauconin-Neufmontiers), was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge are names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan (29 April 1762 – 23 November 1833), was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan are members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration, members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman. Louis Klein and Jean-de-Dieu Soult are members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat (also,; Gioacchino Murat; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Joachim Murat are names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Joséphine de Beauharnais
Joséphine Bonaparte (born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810.
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Joseph Souham
Joseph, comte Souham (30 April 1760 – 28 April 1837) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Joseph Souham are names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Kehl
Kehl (Kaal) is a city with around 38,000 inhabitants in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Konstanz
Konstanz (also), also known as Constance in English, is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany.
Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.
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Limmat
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland.
Lorraine
Lorraine, also,,; Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; Lothringen; Loutrengen; Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.
Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien
Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien (duc d'Enghien pronounced) (Louis Antoine Henri; 2 August 1772 – 21 March 1804) was a member of the House of Bourbon of France.
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Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
Louis Joseph de Bourbon (9 August 1736 – 13 May 1818) was Prince of Condé from 1740 to his death. Louis Klein and Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé are members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration.
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.
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Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Louis-Nicolas Davout are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a département in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle.
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Michel Ney
Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Louis Klein and Michel Ney are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Mikhail Kutuzov
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов-Смоленский; Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kutuzov Fürst von Smolensk; –) was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire.
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Morava (river)
The Morava (March, Morva, Morawa) is a river in Central Europe, a left tributary of the Danube.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. Louis Klein and Napoleon are French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.
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Offenburg
Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: Offäburg) is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany.
Order of Saint Louis
The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis) is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France).
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Order of the Lion of Bavaria
The Order of the Lion of Bavaria was created in 1768 by Charles IV Theodore, Elector Palatine, to celebrate the 25th year of his reign.
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Peerage of France
The Peerage of France (Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages.
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Petershausen
Petershausen is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.
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Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino
Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino, (23 August 1747, Craveggia – 28 June 1816, Paris), was a general and politician of France. Louis Klein and Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino are French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars and names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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Pohořelice
Pohořelice (Pohrlitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Ramsay Weston Phipps
Ramsay Weston Phipps (10 April 1838 – 24 June 1923) was an Irish-born military historian and officer in Queen Victoria's Royal Artillery.
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Sankt Pölten
Sankt Pölten (Central Bavarian: St. Pödn), mostly abbreviated to the official name St.
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Sapper
A sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties, such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair.
Second Battle of Zurich
The Second Battle of Zurich (25–26 September 1799) was a key victory by the Republican French army in Switzerland led by André Masséna over a Russian force commanded by Alexander Korsakov near Zürich.
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Stockerau
Stockerau is a town in the district of Korneuburg in Lower Austria, Austria.
Treaty of Lunéville
The Treaty of Lunéville (or Peace of Lunéville) was signed in the Treaty House of Lunéville on 9 February 1801.
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War of the Fourth Coalition
The War of the Fourth Coalition (Guerre de la Quatrième Coalition) was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being defeated.
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Weißensee, Thuringia
Weißensee (German for "white lake") is a town in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany.
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Weimar
Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden.
5th Hussar Regiment (France)
The 5th Hussar Regiment (5e régiment de hussards or 5e RH) was a French Hussar regiment.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Klein
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