Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lieutenant general Heister” in chapter 17 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8:
...he day of the signature of the treaty; the landgrave, therefore, put back the date of the instrument to January the fifteenth.
His troops were among the best in Europe; their chief commander was Lieutenant general Heister , a brave old man of, nearly sixty, cheerful in disposition, crippled with wounds, of a good understanding, but without genius for war; tenacious of authority, but good natured, bluntly honest, and u...
| Max. Freq. | Min. Freq. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entity | Corpus | Doc | Corpus | Doc | |||
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.