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August von Gneisenau
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal and military reformer. After defending Kolberg in 1807 he worked with Scharnhorst to rebuild the Prussian army after its defeat by Napoleon. As Blücher's chief of staff in 1813–1815 he planned the campaigns that led to Leipzig and Waterloo, where he directed the Prussian march to the battlefield after Ligny.
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