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    Carl Heinrich von Wedel (also spelled Wedell; 12 July 1712 – 2 April 1782) was a Prussian lieutenant general in the War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748)...
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    occurred near Kay (Kije) in the Neumark, now part of Poland. General Carl Heinrich von Wedel, the commander of the Prussian army of 26,000–28,000 men, attacked...
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    25 March 1942 Carl Georg Friedrich Gerhard von Wedel (1827–1898), hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords Carl Heinrich von Wedel (1712–1782),...
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    troops penetrated as far as Anklam and captured the Prussian general Heinrich von Manteuffel. However, despite these successes and despite the Prussian...
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    40,000 Russians defeated 26,000 Prussians commanded by General Carl Heinrich von Wedel. Though the Hanoverians defeated an army of 60,000 French at Minden...
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  • fought on 28 September 1758. The Prussian forces under General Carl Heinrich von Wedel were attempting to stop the Swedish offensive into Brandenburg...
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  • younger son of Count Carl Georg Friedrich von Wedel-Jarlsberg (1827-1898) and his wife, Baroness Frieda Julie Adolphine Gabriele von Wangenheim (1838-1881)...
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    Frederick the Great attributed to him. Carl Heinrich von Wedel, awarded the Pour le Mérite 1752 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, awarded 1757, during the Seven...
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    German). Poten, "Wedell, Karl Heinrich von (Wedel)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Volume 41 (1896), pp. 410–13 (in German). Carl Christian Redlich, "Lessing...
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    had a positive outcome: defeat of the Prussian army of General Carl Heinrich von Wedel in the Battle of Kay on 23 July 1759, the Russian forces of General...
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