KARL See also:

• EBERHARD
• EBERHARD, CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLOB (1769-1845)
• EBERHARD, JOHANN AUGUSTUS (1739-1809)

EBERHARD HERWARTH VON BITTENFELD (1796-'884)  , Prussian See also:

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

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

marshal, came of an aristocratic See also:

• FAMILY

family which had supplied many distinguished See also:

• OFFICERS

officers to the Prussian See also:

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

army . He entered the Guard.See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry in '811, and served through the See also:

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

War of Liberation (1813-15), distinguishing himself at Liitzen and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . During the years of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose slowly to high command . In the See also:

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

Berlin revolution of '848 he was on See also:

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

duty at the royal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace as See also:

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

colonel of the 1st See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards . See also:

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

Major-general in 1852, and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general in '856, he received the grade of general of infantry and the command of the VIIth (Westphalian) 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 in '86o . In the Danish War of '864 he succeeded to the command of the Prussians when See also:

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

Prince 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 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 became See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

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

chief of the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

Allies, and it was under his leadership that the Prussians forced the passage into See also:

• ALSEN (Danish Als)

Alsen on the 29th of See also:

• JUNE

June . In the war of 1866 Herwarth commanded the " Army of the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe " which overran See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony and invaded Bohemia by the valley of the Elbe and her . His troops won the actions of Huhnerwasser and Miinchengratz, and at See also:

• KONIGGRATZ (Czech, Hradec Kralove)

Koniggratz formed the right wing of the Prussian army . Herwarth himself directed the See also:

• BATTLE

battle against the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• LEFT

left flank . In '87o he was not employed in the field, but was in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the scarcely less important business of organizingand forwarding all the reserves and material required for the armies in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 187' his See also:

• GREAT

great services were recognized by promotion 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 field-marshal . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent in retirement at See also:

• BONN

Bonn, where he died in '884 .

Since 1889 the 13th (1st Westphalian) Infantry has See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne his name . See G . F . M . Herwarth von Bittenfeld (See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, 1896) .