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Levin August von Bennigsen (1745-1826)

Name
Bennigsen
Nation
Russia
Rating
3" A(7)+0
Drop
-1
Validated forNBIV

Command Ratings

Division
3"A(7)+0
Points: 10
Cavalry or Temp Corps
5"A(6)+0
Points: 16
Corps
7"A(6)+0
Points: 20
Small Army
8"A(6)+0
Points: 30
Wing
8"A(6)+0
Points: 30
Medium Army
11"A(6)+0
Points: 39
Large Army
16"A(6)+0
Points: 54
Supreme HQ
20"A(6)+0
Points: 66

Commands

  • Commands the Russian First Army at Pultusk (1806, age 61)
  • Commands the Russian First Army at Eylau (1807, age 62)
  • Commands the Russian Army at Heilsburg (1807, age 62)
  • Commands the Russian Army at Friedland (1807, age 62)
No biography is available for this general.
A count and sometimes listed as a "von". In the Hanoverian Foot Guards until 1764; entered Russian service in 1773; vs. Turks in 74 & 78; Lt. Gen. in 1779; XX Poland in 1793-94; XXX Persia 1796; XXXX 06-07 – Pultusk (T), Heilsberg (T), Eylau (L), Friedland (bad L); XXX (Wing) 12 Borodino; XXX 12 Tarutino (W – beat Murat); temp. retired for a time in late 1812 after disagreements with Kutusov; XXXX 13-14 Leipzig (W – made a count on the field), W, Hamburg. Born in Brunswick to Hanoverians. An assassin of Czar Paul, although his exact role is hazy. (1745-1826)

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