See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST VON See also:

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

FINCK (1718-1766)  , Prussian soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• STRELITZ (Strjeltsi)

Strelitz in 1718 . He first saw active service in 1934 on the See also:

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

Rhine, as a member of the See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite of See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke Anton See also:

• ULRICH

Ulrich of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick-See also:

• WOLFENBUTTEL

Wolfenbuttel . Soon after this he transferred to the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian service, and thence went to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, where he served until the fall of his See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

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

Marshal Mtinnich put an end to his prospects of See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement . In 1742 he went to See also:

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

Berlin, and 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 made him his aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, 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:

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

major . See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good service brought him rapid promotion in the Seven Years' See also:

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

War . After the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• KOLIN

Kolin (See also:

• JUNE

June 18th, 1757) he was made See also:

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

colonel, and at the end of 1757 major-See also:

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

general . At the beginning of 1759 See also:

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

Finck became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general, and in this rank commanded a 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 at the disastrous battle of See also:

• KUNERSDORF

Kunersdorf, where he did good service both on the 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 of battle and (Frederick having in despair handed over to him the command) in the rallying of the beaten Prussians . Later in the See also:

• YEAR

year he fought in See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert with General Wunsch a widespread combat, called the See also:

• ACTION

action of Korbitz (See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 21st) in which the Austrians and the contingents of the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor states of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire were sharply defeated . For this action Frederick gave Finck the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle (Seyfarth, Beilagen, ii . 621-630) . But the subsequent See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe of Maxen (see SEVEN YEARS' WAR) abruptly put an end to Finck's active career .

Dangerously exposed, and with inadequate forces, Finck received 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's See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive 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 to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march upon Maxen (a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in the See also:

• PIRNA

Pirna region of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony) . Unfortunately for himself the general dared not disobey his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and, cut off by greatly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, was forced to surrender with some 11,000 men (21st Nov . 1759) . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, Frederick sent him before a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial, which sentenced him to be cashiered and to suffer a See also:

• TERM

term of imprisonment in a fortress . At the expiry of this term Finck entered the Danish service as general of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry . He died at See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen in 1766 . He See also:

• LEFT

left a See also:

• WORK

work called Gedanken fiber militdrische Gegenstande (Berlin, 1788) . See Denkwiirdigkeiten der militdrischen Gesellschaft, vol. ii . (Berlin, 1802-1805), and the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of the Finck court-martial in Zeitschrift See also:

• FILE

file Kunst, Wissenschaft and Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Krieges, pt . 81 (Berlin, 1851) . There is a See also:

• LIFE

life of Finck in MS. in the library of the 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 .