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Karl Leopold Heinrich Ludwig von BorstellThe ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' gives the first names as ''Karl Leopold Georg Ludwig''. (born December 30, 1773, in
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*Kurt von Priesdorff: ''Soldatisches Führertum. Band 3'', Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, amburg nd
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pp. 383–390, Nr. 1182, DNB 367632780 *Richard von Meerheimb: "Borstell, Karl Heinrich Ludwig von". In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 3'', Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 181–183 *Ernst Demmler: "Borstell, Karl Leopold Georg Ludwig von". In: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2'', Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, , p. 478
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*Gerhard Kunze: ''„Die Saxen sind Bestien“. Die Erschießung von sieben sächsischen Grenadieren bei Lüttich am 6. Mai 1815''. BWV – Berliner Wiss.-Verlag, Berlin 2004, *Wilfried Rogge: ''Lebensbild des Carl Heinrich Leopold Ludwig von Borstell – Preußischer General der Kavallerie (Ein Altmärker zwischen Held und Befehlsverweigerer)'', Schinne 2009 *Marion Schierz: "Mit Mut und Geschick zum Sieg". In: ''Berlinische Monatsschrift'' (Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein). Heft 9, 1999, (luise-berlin.de) 1773 births 1844 deaths Generals of Cavalry (Prussia) Prussian Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1813) {{Europe-mil-bio-stub