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| | Karl Friedrich Von Steinmetz - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) |
 | | KARL FRIEDRICH VON STEINMETZ (1796-1877), Prussian general field-marshal, was born at Eisenach on the 27th of December 17 9 6 and educated at the cadet school of Stolp in Pomerania from 1807 to 1811, in the midst of the misery and poverty caused by the French occupation. |
 | | At the outbreak of the War of Liberation he and his elder brother made their way through the French posts to Breslau, where, in spite of their poverty, they were at once appointed to the army, the elder as ensign on probation, the younger to the substantive rank of second lieutenant. |
 | | His brigade commander too, General von Roder, was an excellent soldier, and Steinmetz often spoke in later days of the thorough training he received at his hands. |
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