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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dieskau , Ludwig August , Baron , 1701 -1757 (search)
Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 1701-1757
Military officer; born in Saxony in 1701; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry under Marshal Saxe, and was made brigadier-general of infantry in 1748, and commander of Brest.
In 1755 he was sent to Canada with the rank of major-general; and in an attack upon the fortified encampment of Gen. William Johnson at the head of Lake George (Sept. 8, 1755) he was so severely wounded that he died in Surenne, near Paris, Sept. 8, 1757.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), France , early relations with. (search)