Clausewitz
KARL VON (klouz'evētz), a Prussian military officer; born in Burg, June 1, 1780. He served with distinction in several campaigns in the Prussian and Russian services in 1815, became chief of a Prussian army corps, and was ultimately director of the army school, and inspector of artillery. He died in Breslau, Nov. 16, 1831. Of his works the best known are his great book "Of War" (3 vols., 4th ed., 1880), and his "Life of Scharnhorst."