Heinrich Beitzke (15 February 1798 – 10 May 1867 (Berlin) was a

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politician and historian, born at Muttrin in the

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He served as a volunteer in the campaign of 1815, studied at the military schools of

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, entered the army as an officer in 1817, and retired in 1845 with the rank of major. In 1858 he was elected to the

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. He published: * ''Geschichte der deutschen Freiheitskriege in den Jahren 1813 und 1814'' (three volumes, 1855 — an accurate and unprejudiced

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, widely read) * ''Geschichte des russischen Kriegs im Jahre 1812'' (1856) * ''Geschichte des Jahres 1815'' (two volumes, 1865) * ''Das preussische Heer vor und nach der Reorganisation'' (1867).

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