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'General von Scharnhorst 1755-1813', 1934. Gerhard Johann David Waitz von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]