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See also:MANTEUFFEL, See also:EDWIN, FREIHERR VON (1809-1885) , Prussian See also:general See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, son of the See also:president of the See also:superior See also:court of See also:Magdeburg, was See also:born at See also:Dresden on the 24th of See also:February 1809. He was brought up with his See also:cousin, See also:Otto von Manteuffel (1805-1882), the Prussian statesman, entered the guard See also:cavalry at See also:Berlin in 1827, and became an officer in 1828. After attending the See also:War See also:Academy for two years, and serving successively 'as aide-de-See also:camp to General von Mu See also:ling and to See also:Prince See also:Albert of See also:Prussia, he was promoted See also:captain in 1843 and See also:major in 1848, when he became aide-de-camp to See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV., whose confidence he had gained during the revolutionary See also:movement in Berlin. Promoted See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in' 1852, and colonel to command the 5th Uhlans in 1.853, he. was sent on important See also:diplomatic See also:missions to See also:Vienna and St See also:Petersburg. In 1857 he became major-general and See also:chief of the military See also:cabinet. He gave hearty support to the prince See also:regent's plans for the re-organization of the See also:army. In 1861 he was violently attacked in a pamphlet by Karl Twesten (182o-i87o), a Liberal See also:leader, whomwhich See also:rank he was promoted on the See also:coronation of William I., Oct. 18, 1861) in the Danish war of 1864, and at its conclusion was appointed See also:civil and military See also:governor of See also:Schleswig. In the See also:Austrian War of 1866 he first occupied See also:Holstein and afterwards commanded a See also:division under See also:Vogel von Falkenstein in the Hanoverian See also:campaign, and succeeded him, in See also:July, in command of the Army of the See also:Main (see SEVEN See also:WEEKS' WAR). His successful operations ended with the occupation of See also:Wurzburg, and he received the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order pour le Write. He was, however, on See also:account of his monarchist See also:political views and almost bigoted See also:Roman Catholicism, regarded by the See also:parliament as a reactionary, and, unlike the other army commanders, he was not granted a See also:money See also:reward for his services. He then went on a diplomatic See also:mission to St Petersburg, where he was persona grata, and succeeded in gaining See also:Russia's assent to the new position in See also:north See also:Germany. On returning he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the 5th Dragoons. He was appointed to the command of the IX. (Schleswig-Holstein) army See also:corps in 1866. But having formerly exercised both civil and military See also:control in the See also:Elbe duchies he was unwilling to be a purely military See also:commander under one of his See also:late civil subordinates, and retired from the army for a See also:year. In 1868, however, he returned to active service. In the Franco-See also:German War of 1870-71 he commanded the I. corps under See also:Steinmetz, distinguishing himself in the See also:battle of See also:Colombey-Neuilly, and in the repulse of See also:Bazaine at Noisseville (see FRANCO-GERMAN WAR; and See also:METZ). He succeeded Steinmetz in See also:October in the command of the I. army, won the battle of See also:Amiens against General Farre, and occupied See also:Rouen, but was less fortunate against See also:Faidherbe at See also:Pont Noyelles and Bapaume. In See also:January 1871 he commanded the newly formed Army of the See also:South, which he led, in spite of hard See also:- FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
- FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)
frost, through the Cote d'Or and over the See also:plateau of See also:Langres, cut off See also:Bourbaki's army of the See also:east (8o,000 men), and, after the See also:action of See also:Pontarlier, compelled it to See also:cross the Swiss frontier, where it was disarmed. His immediate reward was the See also:Grand Cross of the order of the See also:Iron Cross, and at the conclusion of See also:peace he received the See also:Black See also:Eagle. When the See also:Southern Army was disbanded Manteuffel commanded first the II. army, and, from See also:June 1871 until 1873, the army of occupation See also:left in See also:France, showing See also:great tact in a difficult position. On leaving France at the See also:close of the occupation, the See also:emperor promoted Manteuffel to the rank of general field Marshal and awarded him a large See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant in money, and about the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time See also:Alexander II. of Russia gave him the order of St See also:Andrew. After this he was employed on several diplomatic missions, was for a time governor of Berlin, and in 1879, perhaps, as was commonly reported, because he was considered by See also:Bismarck as a formidable See also:rival, he was appointed governor-general of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine; and this See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office he exercised—more in the spirit, some said, of a Prussian than of a German. See also:official—until his See also:death at See also:Carlsbad, Bohemia, on' the 17th of June 1885.
See lives by v. Collas (Berlin, 1874), and K. H. Keck (See also:Bielefeld and See also:Leipzig, 189o).
End of Article: MANTEUFFEL, EDWIN, FREIHERR VON (1809-1885)
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