Gneisenau

August Wilhelm Anton, Graf Neithardt von, a Pru ian gencral; born in Schildau, Pru ian Saxony, Oct. 27, 1760. In 1782 he accompanied the German auxiliaries of England to the American colonies, On his return he joined (1786) the Pru ian army, and 20 years later fought at Saalfeld and in the battle of Jena. His most meritorious work was his share in the Waterloo campaign, in which he was chief of Blucher’s staff, and principally directed the strategy of the Pru ian army. He had been 15 years on the retired list when, in 1831, on the outbreak on the Polish rebellion, he was made field-marshal and given command of the Pru ian army on the Polish frontier, He died in Posen, Aug. 24, 1831 Gnei , a metamorphic rock, consisting of orthoclase, quartz, and mica. 4 q Gneist, He in rich Rudolf Hermann Fried rich von, a German De: born in Berlin, Aug. 18, 1816. e entered official life as a e or in the Superior Court in 1841, and was sucee ively a istant-judge of the same court and of the supreme tribunal, till in 1850 he resigned this position in order to devote himself exclusively to teaching; for since 1844 he had held the chair of jurisprudence in Berlin University. From 1858 he sat in the Pru ian Lower House as a National Liberal, and was also elected a member of the Imperial Parliament. He was ennobled in 1888, and died July 21, 1895. Gnesen (Polish Gniezno), a Pru ian town, in a region of hills and lakes, 31 miles E. Jt has a Catholic cathedral, dating from 965, and till 1820 was the coronation place of the Polish kings. It pa ed to Pru ia in 1814.