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companies. The cavalry was formed into a Hussar regiment of 4 squadrons and given the new regimental designation of "2nd
Brandenburg Hussar Regiment von Schill", under now Major Schill's direct command. The mounted Jager detachment continued to exist unchanged with a strength of up to 60 horses, but had to be included in the budget of the 2nd Brandenburg Hussar regiment. But the company of foot Jager was moved out of Schill's control and assigned to the East Prussian Jager-Battalion. All of which the young Sergeant Reyher witnessed closely as Schill's secretary.
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230:'s best efforts to keep control of the situation, many Prussian groups planned to use a potential war between France and Austria as cover to start open rebellion against the occupation not only of Prussia but in the other German provinces as well, with or without the King's approval. Major Schill was actively planning to use his new regiment to fight if the opportunity arose. Schill was in secret contact with many other like-minded officers, citizens, and officials, including a Prussian quasi-secret society known as the
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After the end of the war, Reyher initially stayed in France with the occupying troops. There he taught, among other things, at a field warfare school. In 1818 he returned to
Prussia and served on the General Staff . In 1824 Reyher became chief of the general staff of the VI. Army Corps and raised to
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Along with other prisoners of war of his regiment under the command of
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Reyher spent the week after the
Prussian defeat and rout of October 14 guarding the wagon, bringing it safely to Magdeburg, where he was reunited with his wounded commander, von Rathenow. However, on October 23 Prince Hohenlohe ordered all troops that were not part of the fortress garrison to leave.
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Finowfurt and Groß Schönebeck). His mother was Johanna Karoline, née Eckart, the daughter of a local forestry officer. The area where he was born was known for its hunting, and the small village had a royal hunting lodge of the Hohenzollern Electors and Kings that is now a museum to
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At the time, Schill's independent detachment was still mostly made up of troops that had served with him in the 'behind the lines' raids he led in the area around
Kolberg from December 1806 through May 1807. As one of the few Prussian success stories from the disastrous War of the Fourth Coalition,
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The column of wagons forming the baggage train was 12 miles from
Prenzlau on the road to Pasewalk when adjutants of the Prince's corps arrived with the news of the Prince's capitulation, and the orders that the entire baggage train should return to Prenzlau to be surrendered to the French. Reyher
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September 1808, due to a general reorganization of the Prussian army in the aftermath of its defeat, Schill's independent FreiKorps was dissolved, reorganized, and renamed. The infantry was transferred to the Guard infantry regiment as 'The Light Battalion von Schill' of 4
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bailiff but he was refused as the official feared the French more than Reyher and threatened to reveal the wagon's location if asked. Reyher was forced to return to the main road to Pasewalk and eventually was captured by the French forces in the area.
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the Prussian nobility as a major on 20 September 1828 in Berlin. In 1830 he became chief of general staff of the army corps commanded by Prince Wilhelm. In 1840 Reyher moved to the War Ministry and became head of the General War Department.
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hunting. Johann had been married prior to marrying Johanna as his second wife. Karl was the eldest son from this marriage and was born in the village schoolhouse (as of 2023, still preserved with a memorial plaque dedicated to Reyher).
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General von Winning looked after the young recruit and due to Karl's good handwriting, quickly promoted him to the position of regimental clerk. Karl wrote back to his father, "Think of my enormous luck: I became a regimental clerk!"
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Schill not only accepted Reyher into his detachment, but also promoted him to Sergeant. After Reyher passed a special exam on August 10 in Kamiss, the temporary cantonment location, Schill assigned him as his staff secretary.
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On 11 May 1802, when Karl was 15 years old, the District Administrator at the Liebenwalde Domain Office received a letter from Captain von Bilow of General von Winning's Infantry Regiment garrisoned in Berlin.
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Reyher married Ida Charlotte Baumann (1797–1874) in Königsberg on 31 July 1820. She was the eldest daughter of District President Baumann. The marriage resulted in four children:
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the stories of Schill's raids had made Schill famous. The tales were already transforming him from an unknown Lieutenant before the war, into a mythic and legendary hero.
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