Steuben

[ stoo-buhn, styoo-, stoo-ben, styoo-; German shtoi-buhn ]

/ ˈstu bən, ˈstyu-, stuˈbɛn, styu-; German ˈʃtɔɪ bən /

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Frie·drich Wil·helm Lu·dolf Ger·hard Au·gus·tin von

[free-drikh -vil-helm -loo-dawlf -geyr-hahrt -ou-goos-teen fuhn], /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈlu dɔlf ˈgeɪr hɑrt ˌaʊ gʊsˈtin fən/, 1730–94, Prussian major general in the American Revolutionary army.

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General Steuben observing the large radius of camp concluded that Cornwallis' entire force was across the river.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
With the coming of Baron Steuben, the army was uniformly drilled in the tactics of European warfare.
Revolutionary Reader|Sophie Lee Foster
But there came to camp, a volunteer, Baron Steuben, who had been trained in the best armies of Europe.
St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886|Various
On his right sat Baron Steuben, our royalist republican disciplinarian general.
Greenwich Village|Anna Alice Chapin

Congress also appointed an inspector-general, Thomas Conway being the first incumbent, being followed by Steuben.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton

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