Bülow (Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von, from 1814 Count of Dennewitz, Royal 
Prussian general of infantry, etc.) born February 16, 1755 at the Billow family 
estate of Falkenberg in the Altmark. In his 14th year he entered the regiment of 
Count Lottum in Berlin as a Junker. 1772 ensign, 1777 second, 1786 first 
lieutenant. 1793 staff captain and tutor of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Prussia, 

in which capacity he took part in the 1793 campaign, soon 
promoted to major. During the siege and capture of Mainz (1793) 
he provided brilliant proof of his courage. 

In 1806, as lieutenant-coloncl,to which rank he was promoted in 1805, he took 
part in the defence of Thorn under General L’Estocq and at the battle of 
Waltersdorf found the opportunity to bring himself and his battalion to the fore. 
In 1808 he became major-general 

and commander of a Pomeranian brigade which he had been 
given temporarily at the beginning of the year as colonel. 1811 he 
was posted to the West Prussian brigade at Marienwerder and at 
the outbreak of the Franco-Russian war* he was made interim 
Governor-General of East and West Prussia. 

At the beginning of the 1813 campaign lieutenant-general, entrusted with the 
siege of Stettin. Relieved by General Tauenzien, he then allied himself with 
generals York and Wittgenstein, marching to confront the French army detach- 
ment that had moved to the right bank of the Elbe under the viceroy of Italy.> He 
fought the first successful battle at Méckern on April 5, shortly afterwards 
capturing Halle, 

which, however, he was soon forced to evacuate again owing to 
the retreat of the allied army. 

Withdrew across the Elbe in order to take over the defence of Berlin, which 
Oudinot was threatening. 

Victory at Luckau on June 4 crowned the enterprise. 

“After the ceasefire commanded the 3rd Prussian Army Corps under the 
supreme command of the Crown Prince of Sweden.”? At the head of the 3rd 
Prussian Army Corps “saved Berlin a second time by the battle of Grossbeeren on 
August 23”; shielded Berlin for the third time by the battle of Dennewitz, 
September 6, 

in which he forced Marshal Ney to retreat to Wittenberg. 

“After laying siege to Wittenberg he fought with the northern army in the battle of 
Leipzig. [...] While the allied armies advanced over the Rhine he broke into Holland, 
took Doesburg, Jutphen, Arnheim by storm, setting up his headquarters in Utrecht on 
December 2, and invested Gorkum and Herzogenbusch. In 1814 he marched from 
Breda, was victorious at Hogstraten on January 11, bombarded Antwerp, entered 
Brussels, captured la Fere and Soissons, joined up with the Silesian army, commanded 
the centre at the battle of Laon, March 9 and 10.” Knight of the Order of the Black 
Eagle, appointed general of infantry. “After the peace he was made Governor- 
General of West and East Prussia and on the renewed outbreak of war in 1815 was 
given the 4th Prussian Army Corps. Owing to a delayed order not present at the battle 
of Ligny (June 15),> but after his union with Blticher, achieved by a forced march, he 
helped to decide the outcome of the battle of Belle Alliance.425 For this the Boor‘ 
appointed him Honorary Colonel of the 15th Regiment of the Line, which he had led 
so bravely and which was to bear his name. January I1, 1816 Bulow returned to his 
governorship, Tt February 25 of inflammation of the liver at Kénigsberg.” 

King made him a Grand Knight of the Iron Cross, elevating 
him and his descendants to the rank of counts in Paris in 1814. 
Took part in the Battle of the Nations.*°° Then departed for 
Holland, from which country he expelled the French.