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THIELMANN, JOHANN ADOLF, FREIHERR VON (1765-1824) , Prussian cavalry soldier, was born at Dresden. Entering the Saxon cavalry in 1782, he saw service against the French in the Revolutionary Wars and in the Jena campaign. When, after the disaster of Jena, Saxony allied herself with her conqueror, Thielmann accompanied the Saxon contingent which fought at the siege of Danzig and at Friedland
lieutenant
commander
part
Napoleon
part
governor of Torgau, by his king's orders he at first observed the strictest neutrality, but on receipt of an order to hand over the fortress to the French he resigned his command and, accompanied by his staff officer Aster, joined the allies
Leipzig
lieutenant
Blucher 's army on Wavre, and when the other corps marched towards Waterloo, Thielmann covered this movement
commander
See von Hutel, Biographische Skizze des Generals von Tnielmannn (Berlin, 1828); von Holzendorff, Beitrage zur Biographie des Generals Freiherrn von Thielmann (Dresden, 1830) ; von Peters-doff, General Johann Adolf Freiherr von Thielmann ( Leipzig
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