Date of birth:

June 27th, 1862 (Graudenz, Pomerania)

Date of death:

August 6th, 1933 (Waynesville, United States)

Nationality:

German

17.04.1880: Fähnrich - Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 80
16.11.1880: promoted to Sekondeleutnant
01.10.1884-01.10.1887: Lehrer - Unteroffiziersschule Potsdam
17.06.1889: Premierleutnant
01.04.1893: Großen Generalstab
24.07.1894-21.05.1900: promoted to Hauptmann and Kompaniechef - Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 80
22.05.1900: Adjutant - 22. Division - Kassel
22.04.1902: promoted to Major and appointed to the 8. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 153
1905-1906: Kommandeur - III. Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment „Prinz Carl von Preußen" (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12 in Frankfurt (Oder)
10.04.1906: retired
1906-1910: Oberst - Lehrer in the War College in Buenos-Aires, Argentina
01.05.1911: back in Germany and reactivated as Oberstleutnant - Patent 27.01.1909
Stab / Anhaltischer Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 93 - Dessau
20.02.1912: promoted to Oberst and Kommandeur - Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4 in Koblenz
08.1914: Kommandeur - 1. Garde-Reserve-Division - 15. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
19.08.1914: promoted to Generalmajor
Fightings for the capture of the fortress of Namur, Belgium then sent to the Eastern Front
09.1914: 1st Battle of the Masurian Lakes then in Southern Poland, fightings in Opatow, Iwangorod and Rawka-Bzura
27.05.1915: Kommandeur - 6. Reserve-Division - 8. Armee / Njemenarmee
Summer 1915: campaign in Lituania and Courland - capture of Libau, Bauska and Mitau
16.07.1916-22.07.1916: battle of Kekkau against the Russian Korps led by General Kuropatkin
18.10.1916: Kommandeur - 89. Infanterie-Division in Romania
21.12.1916-27.12.1916: battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
02.01.1917: Kommandeur - newly created 238. Infanterie-Division
09.04.1917-16.05.1917: battle of Arras
10.1917: battle of the Flandern and seizure of Passchendaele village
11.1917-03.1917: 238. Infanterie-Division attached to the 18. Armee
21.03.1918: offensive in France
15.04.1918: 238. Infanterie-Division attached to the 1. Armee - region Reims
18.04.1918: promoted to Generalleutnant
27.05.1918-13.06.1918: battles of Soissons and Reims and capture of the Fort de la Pompelle
22.08.1918: Führer - Generalkommando 51 - 2. Armee
09.1918: campaign region Péronne, Cambrai and St. Quentin then defensive lines Hermannstellung and region Antwerpen-Maas
12.05.1919: retired and settled in the United States

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