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136: 42: 438:, which became the army's base for an invasion of the rest of Prussia. Apraksin tried to encircle the Prussians with his larger army, which Lehwaldt was able to avoid; instead, Lehwaldt's 25,000 troops intercepted a corps of Russians commanded by Vasily Loupukhin at 446:
but his troops, lacking in supplies, suffered considerable attrition. Although Lehwaldt withdrew his corps from the battle, the Russians were unable to follow up on the victory. Apraxin retreated from the province after hearing a false report that Empress
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As political tensions mounted in 1756, Frederick sent Lehwaldt, who commanded of forces in East Prussia, one hundred officers' patents to fill as he saw fit, expecting him to strengthen the army there. The Russian field marshal
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At the beginning of Prussia's war with Austria, he was garrisoned with Prince Leopold von Anhalt's army in Brandenburg, and marched with Leopold and
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In 1699, Lehwaldt began his military service when he entered the battalion "Weiße Grenadier-Garde" (Nr. 18). He participated in the
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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
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Spencer C. Tucker,A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern, ABC-CLIO, Dec 23, 2009,
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on 22 January 1751. Frederick also awarded him a diamond-covered medallion portrait of himself on a blue band.
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in Upper Silesia, and then commanded a special corps against the Austrians on 14 February 1745 at
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commanded an army of approximately 55,000 men and entered East Prussia in 1756 and captured
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on 16 September. From 29 September – 6 October he participated in the siege of
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since 1702 and experienced his trial by fire in the September siege of
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Because of his poor health, Lehwaldt was transferred to
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In the Second Silesian war he was, first, with General
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on 17 May. Prussian success at this battle led to the
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Lehwaldt then oversaw the 604:Joachim Engelmann und Günter Dorn: 418: 345:against Sweden in 1715, during the 294:Lehwaldt was born in Legitten near 24: 500: 311: 25: 704: 282:'s war with the Austrians in the 658:People from the Duchy of Prussia 409:Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock 134: 579: 328:, and Lehwaldt was promoted to 623:Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 566: 557: 544: 468:Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz 13: 1: 653:People from Polessky District 493: 318:War of the Spanish Succession 184:War of the Spanish Succession 413:Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow 7: 683:People of the Silesian Wars 432:Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin 10: 709: 626:(ADB). 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Johann von Lehwaldt

Labiau
Prussia
Berlin
Juditten Church
54°42′57″N 20°25′29″E / 54.71583°N 20.42472°E / 54.71583; 20.42472
Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
Army
Generalfeldmarschall
War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Blenheim
Great Northern War
First Silesian War
Second Silesian War
Seven Years' War
Gross Jägersdorf
Blockade of Stralsund
Pour le Mérite
Black Eagle Order
Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great
Prussian
Generalfeldmarschall
War of Spanish Succession
Seven Years' War
Frederick the Great
Silesia
Labiau
Duchy of Prussia

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