See also:

• DAUN (DHAUN), LEOPOLD JOSEF, COUNT VON (1705-1766)

DAUN (DHAUN), 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 JOSEF, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT VON (1705-1766)  , See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Thiano, See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian 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 (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna on the 24th of . See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1705 . He was intended for the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, but his natural inclination for the See also:

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

army, in which his See also:

• FATHER

father and grandfather had been distinguished generals, proved irresistible . In 1718 he served in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, in his father's See also:

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

regiment . He had already risen to 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:

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

colonel when he saw further active service in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and on the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine in the See also:

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

War of the See also:

• POLISH

Polish See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

Succession (1734-35) . He continued to add to his distinctions in the war against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks (1737-39), in which he attained the rank of a See also:

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

general officer . In the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-42), Dams, already a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant field marshal in rank, distinguished himself by the careful leadership which was . afterwards his greatest military quality . He was 849 See also:

• PRESENT

present at Chotusitz and See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, and led the advanced guard of See also:

• KHEVENHULLER, LUDWIG ANDREAS (1683-1744)

Khevenhuller's army in the victorious See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube campaign of 1743 . Field Marshal See also:

• TRAUN, OTTO FERDINAND, COUNT VON ABENSPERG UND (1677-1748)

Traun, who succeeded Khevenhuller in 1744, thought equally highly of See also:

• DAUN (DHAUN), LEOPOLD JOSEF, COUNT VON (1705-1766)

Daun, and'entrusted him with the rearguard of the Austrian army when it escaped from the See also:

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

French to attack See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great . He held important commands in the battles of See also:

• HOHENFRIEDBERG, or HOHENFRIEDEBERG

Hohenfriedberg and Soor, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year (1745) was promoted to the rank of Feldzeugmeister . After this he served in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, and was present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Val . He was highly valued by Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, who made him commandant of Vienna and a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of the See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Fleece, and in 1754 he was elevated to the rank of field marshal .

During the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace that preceded the Seven Years' War he was engaged in carrying out an elaborate See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the reorganization of the Austrian army; and it was chiefly through his instrumentality that the military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy was established at Wiener-See also:

• NEUSTADT (Polish, Prudnik)

Neustadt in 1751 . He was not actively employed in the first See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of the war, but in 1757 he was placed at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the army which was raised to relieve Prague . On the 18th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1757 Daun defeated Frederick for the first 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 in his career in the desperately fought battle of See also:

• KOLIN

Kolin (q.v.) . In See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of this brilliant exploit the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen immediately instituted a military 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 bearing her name, of which Daun was nominated first See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CROSS

cross . The See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the relieving army with the forces of Prince See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles at Prague reduced Daun to the position of second in command, and as such he took See also:

• PART

part in the pursuit of the Prussians and the victory of See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau . Frederick now reappeared and won the most brilliant victory of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age at See also:

• LEUTHEN

Leuthen . Daun was present on that field, but was not held accountable for the disaster, and when Prince Charles resigned his command, Daun was appointed in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . With the campaign of 1758 began the war of manoeuvre in which Daun, if he missed, through over-caution, many opportunities of crushing the Prussians, at least maintained a steady and cool resistance to the fiery See also:

• STRATEGY

strategy of Frederick . In 1758 See also:

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

Major-General Loudon, acting under Daun's instructions, forced the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to raise the See also:

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

siege of See also:

• OLMUTZ (Czech; Olomouc or Holomauc)

Olmutz, and later in the same year Daun himself surprised Frederick at Hochkirch and inflicted a severe defeat upon him (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 14th) . In the following year the war of manceuvre continued, and on the 20th and 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he surrounded the entire 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 of General See also:

• FINCK, FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON (1718-1766)
• FINCK, HEINRICH (d. c. 1519)
• FINCK, HERMANN (1527—1558)

Finck at Maxen, forcing the Prussians to surrender . These successes were See also:

• COUNTER

counter-balanced in the following year by the defeat of Loudon at See also:

• LIEGNITZ

Liegnitz, which was attributed to the dilatoriness of Daun, and Daun's own defeat in the great battle of See also:

• TORGAU

Torgau (q.v.) . In this engagement Daun was so severely wounded that he had to return to Vienna to recruit .

He continued to command until the end of the war, and after-wards worked with the greatest See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy at the reorganization of the imperial forces . In 1762 he had been appointed See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Hofkriegsrath . He died on the 5th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1766 . By the order of Maria Theresa a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to his memory was erected in the church of the See also:

• AUGUSTINIANS

Augustinians, with an inscription styling him the " saviour of her states." In 1888 the 56th regiment of Austrian See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry was named after him . As a general Daun has been reproached for the dilatoriness of his operations, but wariness was not misplaced in opposing a general like Frederick, who was See also:

• QUICK

quick and unexpected in his movements beyond all precedent . Less See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence perhaps may be made for him on the See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of inability to profit by a victory . See Der deutsche See also:

• FABIUS

Fabius Cunctator, See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder Leben u . Thaten S . E. See also:

• DES

des H . 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 Reichsgrafen v . Dhaun K.K.F.M . (See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort and See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1759-1760), and See also:

• WORKS

works dealing with the See also:

• WARS

wars of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period .