See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

PAUL BRONSART VON SCHELLENDORF (1832-1891)  , Prussian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig in 1832 . He entered the Prussian See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards in 1849, and was appointed to the 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 1861 as a See also:

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

captain; after three years of staff service he returned to regimental See also:

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

duty, but was soon reappointed to the staff, and lectured at the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, becoming See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in 1865 and lieut.-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1869 . During the war of 187o he was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of a See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section on the See also:

• GREAT

Great General Staff, and conducted the preliminary negotiations for the surrender of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French at See also:

• SEDAN

Sedan . After the war Bronsart was made a colonel and chief of staff of the Guard See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army 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, becoming major-general in 1876 and lieut.-general (with a See also:

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

division command) in 1881 . Two years later he became war See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, and during his See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of the See also:

• POST

post (1883–1889) many important reforms were carried out in the Prussian army, in particular the introduction of the See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine See also:

• RIFLE

rifle . He was appointed in 1889 to command the I. army corps at See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg . He died on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1'891 at his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate near See also:

• BRAUNSBERG

Braunsberg . Bronsart's military writings include two See also:

• WORKS

works of great importance—Ein Riickblick auf See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die taktiscken Rii.ckblicke (2nd ed., See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 187o), a pamphlet written in reply to Captain May's See also:

• TACTICAL

Tactical Retrospect of 1866; and Der Dienst See also:

• DES

des Generalstabes (1st ed., Berlin, 1876; 3rd ed. revised by General Meckel, 1893; new ed. by the author's son, Major Bronsart von Schellendorf, Berlin, 1904, a comprehensive See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the duties of the general staff . The third edition of this See also:

• WORK

work was soon after its publication translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English and issued officially to the See also:

• BRITISH

British army as The Duties of the General Staff . Major Bronsart's new edition of 1904 was re-issued in English by the General Staff, under the same See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, in 19o5 .