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WERDER, KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH AUGUST LEOPOLD, COUNT VON (1808—1887)

WERDER, KARL WILHELM See also:
FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
FRIEDRICH See also:
AUGUST (originally Sextilis)
AUGUST See also:
LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")
LEOPOLD, See also:
COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)
COUNT VON (1808—1887) , Prussian See also:

general, entered the Prussian Gardes du See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps in 1825, transferring the following See also:

YEAR

year into the Guard See also:

INFANTRY

Infantry, with which he served for many years as a subaltern. In 1839 he was appointed an instructor in the See also:

CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

Cadet Corps, and later he was employed in the topographical See also:

BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau of the See also:

GREAT

Great General See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

Staff. In 1842—1843 he took See also:

PART

part in the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian operations in the See also:

CAUCASUS

Caucasus, and on his return to See also:

Germany in 1846, was placed, as a See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, on the staff. In 1848 he married. Regimental and staff See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty alternately occupied him until 1863, when he was made See also:

major-general, and given the command of a See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade of Guard Infantry. In the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

War of 1866 von Werder greatly distinguished himself at See also:

GITSCHIN (Czech Jicin)

Gitschin (Jiitin) and See also:

KONIGGRATZ (Czech, Hradec Kralove)

Koniggratz at the See also:

head of the 3rd See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division. He returned See also:

home with the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general and the See also:

order pour le merite. In 187o, at first employed with the 3rd See also:

Army Headquarters and in command of the See also:

WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg and See also:

Baden forces, he was after the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

Worth entrusted with the operations against See also:

STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, which he captured after a See also:

long and famous See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege. Promoted general of infantry, and assigned to command the new XIVth Army Corps, he defeated the See also:

French at See also:

DIJON

Dijon and at Nuits, and, when See also:

BOURBAKI, CHARLES DENIS SAUTER (1816-1897)

Bourbaki's army moved forward to relieve See also:

Belfort, turned upon him and fought the desperate See also:

ACTION

action of Villersexel, which enabled him to See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the Germans besieging Belfort. On the 15th, 16th and 17th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1871, von Werder with greatly inferior forces succeeded in holding hisown on the Lisaine against all Bourbaki's efforts to reach Belfort, a victory which aroused great See also:

ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern Germany. After the war von Werder commanded the Baden forces, now called the XIVth Army Corps, until he retired in 1879. On his retirement he was raised to the dignity of count.

He died in 1887 at Grussow in See also:

POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania. The 3oth (4th Rhenish) Infantry See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment bears his name, and there is a statue of von Werder at See also:

FREIBURG

Freiburg in the See also:

BREISGAU

Breisgau. See von Conrady, Leben See also:

des Grafen A. von Werder (See also:

Berlin, 1889).

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