Prussian Generals of 1813

by Dr. Heinrich Niebuhr, Germany

This article is intended as a follow on from Mrs. Shatsillo's manuscript in issue 10 regarding the correct pronunciation of `foreign' names. Having lived in Britain for several years now I have also noticed how poorly the indigenous wargamers pronounce the names of European generals, so inspired as I have been I have attempted to follow up the Russian generals of 1813 with their Prussian counterparts. My apologies if this offends some but it is done with a Schleswig-Holstein accent! I have adopted the same format as previously used to enable familiarity. Anglisised Name Pronunciation Command Kleist KLEIST (as in heist) Prussian Corps, Bohemia Kluex CLUE-X 9th Brigade Pirch PEA-ERK 10th Brigade Ziethen TZEET-UN 11th Brigade Von Preussen FON PROY-SEN 12th Brigade Roeder RER-DER c/o Reserve Cavalry, Boh. Wrangel VRAN-GULL Brigade, Reserve Cavalry Von Mutius FON MOO-TEE-US Brigade, reserve Cavalry Von Thielmann FON TEE-EL-MUN Independent Corps, Boh. Von Gasser FON GAS-SIR Brigade, Ind. Corps Kurland COO-ER-LAND Brigade, Ind. Corps Blucher BLUE-KE-HARE Army of Silesia Yorck YORK I Corps, Silesia Katzler CATS-LAIR Adv. Guard, I Corps Steinmetz SHTEIN-METS 1st Brigade Strelitz SHTRAY-LITS 2nd Brigade Horn HORN 7th Brigade Hunnerbein HOO-NARE-BINE 8th Brigade Jurgass YOU-ER-GAS Cavalry Reserve, I Corps Bulow BEW-LOV III Corps, Army of North Homburg HOM-BOURG 3rd Brigade Von Schoon FON SHOW-EN 5th Brigade Von Hobe FON HOB-AIR Cavalry, III Corps Krafft CRAVVED 6th Brigade Oppen O-PEN Reserve Cavalry, III Corps Treskow TREZ-KOV Brigade, Res. Cavalry Sydow SID-OV Brigade, Res. Cavalry I hope that this short dissertation can be of some use. My favourite name of all the above is Hunnerbein, which for those of you who are not aware translates as "Chicken-Legs." Back to Table of Contents -- First Empire #12 Back to First Empire List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by First Empire. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com