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'Der Alte Dessauer 1676-1747', 1934. Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747) a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1693 to 1747. He was also a Generalfeldmarschall in the Prussian army. Nicknamed 'the Old Dessauer' (der alte Dessauer), he possessed good abilities as a field commander, but was mainly remembered as a talented drillmaster who modernized the Prussian infantry. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]