History and chronology of Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher Wahlstatt in Germany

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Military
Napoleonic Wars

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Battle Auerstadt
Battle Bautzen
Battle Haynau
Battle Katzbach
Battle Laon
Battle La Rothiere
Battle Leipzig
Battle Ligny
Battle Lutzen
Battle Mockern
Battle Ratkow
Battle Waterloo
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Occupation Paris
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Auserstadt
Bautzen
Brussels Rd
Haynau
Katzbach
Laon
La Rothiere
Leipzig
Ligny
Lutzen
Mockern
Munster
Paris
Pomerania
Ratow
Rhineland
River Rhine
Wartenburg
Waterloo

Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher Wahlstatt History of Germany


1756	Swedish Military Service
Appointed Member of the Swedish military service
1760	Prussian Military Blucher
Appointed Member of the Prussian military service
1770	Discharge Blucher
Discharged from the Army by Frederick the Great
1770	Major
Appointed Major, rejoins the Army
1801	Lieutenant Blucher
Appointed Lieutenant-General
1801	Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant-General
1803	Governor
Munster Appointed Governor of Munster
1806	Battle of Auerstadt
Auserstadt Fights at the battle of Auerstadt
1806	Battle of Ratkow
Ratow Surrenders to the French
1809	Commander
Pomerania Appointed Commander
1809	General
Pomerania Appointed General
1813	Battle of Bautzen
20th May Bautzen Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation
1813	Battle of Haynau
Haynau Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation
1813	Battle of Katzbach
Katzbach Defeats the Army of Macdonald
1813	Battle of Leipzig
16th Oct Leipzig Leads the Prussian forces at the Battle of Leipzig
16th Oct Leipzig To the North, the unexpected arrival of Blucher's Army of Silesia ties down French reserves badly needed for the French main effort
18th Oct Leipzig Blucher gains ground in the North but is stopped short of blocking the French retreat route, a number of Saxon and Wurttemberger units defect to the Coalition
18th Oct Leipzig The 6th Coalition is arranged with Field Marshal Blcher (Prussian) & Crown Prince Carl Johan of Sweden to the north, Generals Barclay De Tolly, Bennigsen (Russian) & Prince von Hessen-Homburg (Austrian) to the south & Gyulay (Austrian) to the north
19th Oct Leipzig French retreat is underway with most of the army's trains and cavalry & infantry corps cross the Lindeneau bridge & march to safety
1813	Battle of Lutzen
20th May Lutzen Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation
1813	Battle of Mockern
Wartenburg Cross es the River Elbe
Mockern Defeats the Army of Marmont
1813	Commander
Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Silesia
Leads the Prussian forces at the Battle of Leipzig
1813	Field Marshal
Leipzig Appointed Field Marshal General
1813	Invasion of France
31st Dec River Rhine The Allied forces under Blucher cross the Rhine
1813	Occupation Leipzig
Leipzig 1st to enter Leipzig
1814	Battle of Laon
Laon Defeats Napoleon & enters Paris
1814	Battle of La Rothiere
La Rothiere Besieges Napoleon but is forced to retreat
1814	Occupation Paris
Paris Defeats Napoleon at Laon & enters Paris
1814	Occupation Rhineland
Rhineland Cross es the River Rhine
1815	Battle of Ligny
Ligny Defeated at the battle of Ligny
1815	Battle of Waterloo
18th June Waterloo Aids Wellington to victory at Waterloo
18th June Brussels Rd At 9PM Wellington & Blucher meet between La Belle-Alliance & Rossome
18th June Waterloo The Prussians lose 7,000 injured or killed
1815	Commander
Appointed Commander of the Prussian Army in Belgium
1819	Death
Death of Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher,"Alte Vorwarts"