Template:Did you know nominations/Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch

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Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch

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• ... that Prussian general Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch led a brigade at the Battle of Leipzig and a corps at the Battle of Waterloo? Source: [1] "...and appointed to command the 10th Bde, II Corps. He then fought at Dresden, Kulm (where he won the EK I) and Leipzig." "...he was appointed acting GOC, II Corps; he fought at Ligny and Waterloo."
  • ALT1:... that Prussian general Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch received a command of a corps for the Battle of Waterloo because his predecessor was removed after protesting against harsh treatment of revolting Saxon units? Source: [2] "General Borstell, commander of the II Army Coorps, protested about the rough handling of the Saxon contingent after their rebellion against the Prussians in May 1815 and was sent home. Pirch was placed in command of the corps in his place, but was somewhat out of his depth. After fighting at Ligny and Waterloo..."

• Reviewed: Mikhail Borodin

5x expanded by Staberinde (talk). Self-nominated at 21:22, 9 January 2019 (UTC).

• 16px Expansion checks out, well written and referenced, complete if somewhat epigrammatic treatment of the subject; did some tweaks here and there. References check out, no evidence of close paraphrasing in the one source (Smith) I could access. QPQ done. Good to go. Constantine ✍ 19:00, 20 January 2019 (UTC)