What is "heister"

Usage examples of "heister".

On hearing the cannon on his right, Heister ordered the Hessians to advance.

Thus the German corps under the command of General von Heister was brought up to about thirteen thousand four hundred men.

Lossberg regiment sent off a letter of remonstrance to General von Heister, but too late.

Old Heister, already out of favor with Sir William Howe, may have seen in it the omen of his own recall.

Stirling, who had but recently been exchanged after his capture on Long Island, told the officers that visited him that Heister had treated him like a brother, and that so would he treat them.

Lieutenant-general von Heister was recalled from the command of the Hessian troops, and Lieutenant-general von Knyphausen succeeded him.

But we know that Howe was dissatisfied with Heister before the affair at Trenton, at a time when the English losses had been decidedly heavier than the Hessian.

I think it very necessary to speak with Lieutenant-general von Heister on the subject, and his health is, moreover, not robust enough for the climate over there.

We have seen how Heister was recalled, because he could not get on with Sir William Howe, and how Riedesel felt himself injured by Burgoyne.

A fat little man with a moustache and a wet-behind-the-ears kid thinking they could find, out of all Chicago, the heister who had got away with a job.

The heister came up on him, knocked off his hat with one hand and swung the billy with the other, like.

Parker was a heister by profession, an institutional robber who stole from banks or jewellery stores or armored cars.

He interceded in their behalf with the German General Heister, and with Henry Clinton, the British commander.

British right, under Sir Henry Clinton, having outflanked the left of the enemy, while the Hessians, under General De Heister, vigorously attacked the centre, the Americans were routed.

General von Heister gave the order and with drums rolling, the Hessians were in motion.