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Also Known As	James Francis Edward Keith
Born	June 11, 1696 • Scotland
Died	October 14, 1758 (aged 62) • Germany
Role In	Seven Years’ War

Frederick II

king of Prussia

Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von

Friedrich Wilhelm, baron von Seydlitz

Prussian general

Ferdinand

Prussian general

Helmuth von Moltke

German general [1800–1891]

Carl von Clausewitz

Prussian general

Frederick William I

king of Prussia

August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau

Prussian field marshal

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt

Prussian field marshal

Sir Eyre Coote

British soldier

Leo, count von Caprivi

German chancellor

Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst

Prussian general

Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon

Prussian minister of war

Sackville, George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount, Baron Bolebrooke of Sussex

George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville

English politician and soldier

Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick

Prussian noble

Leopold I

prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Stringer Lawrence

British officer

Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel

Prussian general

Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg

Prussian field marshal

Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia

Prussian prince

Leopold von Gerlach

Prussian general

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