FREIHERR See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

PAUL KRAY VON KRAJOVA (1735–1804)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian soldier . Entering the Austrian See also:

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

army at the See also:

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

age of nineteen, he arrived somewhat rapidly at the grade of See also:

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

major, but it was many years before he had any opportunity of distinguishing himself . In 1784 he suppressed a rising in Transylvania, and in the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• WARS

wars he took an active See also:

• PART

part at Porczeny and the See also:

• VULCAN (Volcanos)

Vulcan Pass . Made major-See also:

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

general in 1790, three years later he commanded the advanced guard of the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

Allies operating in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He distinguished himself at Famars, See also:

• CHARLEROI
• CHARLEROI (Carolus Rex)

Charleroi, See also:

• FLEURUS

Fleurus, Weissenberg,4and indeed at almost every encounter with the troops of the See also:

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

French See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic . In the celebrated See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1796 on the See also:

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

Rhine and See also:

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

Danube he did conspicuous service as 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 See also:

• COMMANDER

commander . At See also:

• WETZLAR

Wetzlar he defeated Kleber, and at See also:

• AMBERG

Amberg and Wifrzburg he was largely responsible for the victory of the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke 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 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was less successful, being twice defeated on the See also:

• LAHN

Lahn and the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main. See also:

• BRAY
• BRAY, SIR REGINALD (d. 1503)
• BRAY, THOMAS (1656-1730)

bray commanded in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1799, and reconquered from the French the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy . For his victories of See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona, See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua, See also:

• LEGNAGO

Legnago and Magnano he was promoted Feldzeugmeister, and he ended the campaign by further victories at Novi and See also:

• FOSSANO

Fossano . Next year he commanded on the Rhine against See also:

• MOREAU, GUSTAVE (1826-1898)
• MOREAU, HEGESIPPE (18ro-1838)
• MOREAU, JEAN VICTOR MARIE (1763-1813)

Moreau . (For the events of this memorable campaign see FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS.) As a consequence of the defeats he underwent at See also:

• BIBERACH

Biberach, Messkirch, &c., Kray was driven into See also:

• ULM

Ulm, but by a skilful 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 See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Moreau's flank succeeded in escaping to Bohemia . He was relieved of his command by the Austrian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and passed his remaining years in retirement .

He died in 1804 . Kray was one of the best representatives of the old Austrian army . Tied to an obsolete See also:

• SYSTEM

system and unable from See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit to realize the changed conditions of warfare, he failed, but his enemies held him in the highest respect as a brave, skilful and chivalrous opponent . It was he who at Altenkirchen cared for the dying Marceau, and the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• UNIFORMS

uniforms of Kray and his 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 mingled with the See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue of the French in the funeral procession of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young general of the Republic .