Scharnhorst

[ shahrn-hawrst ]

/ ˈʃɑrn hɔrst /

Ger·hard Jo·hann Da·vid von

[gair-hahrt yoh-hahn dah-veet fuh n] /ˈgɛər hɑrt ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈdɑ vit fən/,1755–1813, Prussian general.

Example sentences from the Web for scharnhorst

The Scharnhorst presumably read this and pondered, for Fiji was left alone.

Down Under With the Prince |Everard Cotes
Prussia was prevented from "throwing herself into the arms of Russia," much to the disgust of Scharnhorst and his friends.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 |Various
Clausewitz saw all this; he conversed227 intimately with such men as Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, who saw and guided it, too.

The Reality of War |Stewart L. Murray
Previous to Scharnhorst, under Frederic the Great, the qualification of an officer had been birth.

The Emancipation of Massachusetts |Brooks Adams

Scharnhorst introduced a compulsory system, indeed, but it was not unequal.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume X |John Lord