See also:

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

COUNT See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

FRANZ See also:

• MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

MORITZ See also:

• COUNT FRANZ MORITZ LACY (1725-1801)
• LACY, HARRIETTE DEBORAH (1807-1874)
• LACY, MICHAEL ROPHINO (1795–1867)

LACY (1725-1801)  , 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 St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg on the 21st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1725 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter, See also:

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

Count See also:

• LACY, FRANZ MORITZ, COUNT (1725-1801)
• LACY, HARRIETTE DEBORAH (1807-1874)
• LACY, MICHAEL ROPHINO (1795–1867)

Lacy, was a distinguished See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian soldier, who belonged to an Irish See also:

• FAMILY

family, and had followed the fortunes of the exiled See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II . See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz See also:

• MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

Moritz was educated in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany for a military career, and entered the Austrian service . He served in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, Bohemia, See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia and the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands during the See also:

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

War of the Austrian See also:

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

Succession, was twice wounded, and by the end of the war was a lieut.-See also:

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

colonel . At the See also:

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

age of twenty-five he became full colonel and See also:

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

chief of an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

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

regiment . In 1756 with the opening of the Seven Years' War he was again on active service, and in the first See also:

• BATTLE

battle (Lobositz) he distinguished himself so much that he was at once promoted See also:

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

major-See also:

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

general . He received his third See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound on this occasion and his See also:

• FOURTH

fourth at the battle of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague in 1957 . Later in 1757 Lacy See also:

• BORE

bore a conspicuous See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• GREAT

great victory of See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, and at See also:

• LEUTHEN

Leuthen, where he received his fifth wound, he covered the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of the defeated See also:

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

army . Soon after this began his association with Field-Marshal See also:

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

Daun, the new generalissimo of the empress's forces, and these two commanders, powerfully assisted later by the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of Loudon, made 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 against 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 Great for the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the war . A 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 was created, and Lacy, a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant field-marshal at See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-two, was made chief of staff (quartermaster-general) to Daun . That their cautiousness often degenerated into timidity may be admitted—Leuthen and many other See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter defeats had taught the Austrians to respect their great opponent—but they showed at any See also:

• RATE

rate that, having resolved to See also:

• WEAR

wear out the enemy by See also:

• FABIAN [FABIANUS], SAINT (d. 250)

Fabian methods, they were strong enough to persist in their resolve to the end . Thus for some years the See also:

• LIFE

life of Lacy, as of Daun and Loudon, is the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the war against See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia (see SEVEN YEARS' WAR) .

After Hochkirch (October 15, 1758) Lacy received the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CROSS

cross of the Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa 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 . In 1759 both Daun and Lacy See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into disfavour for failing to win victories, and Lacy owed his promotion to Feldzeugmeister only to the fact that Loudon had just received this See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank for the brilliant conduct of his detachment at See also:

• KUNERSDORF

Kunersdorf . His responsibilities told heavily on Lacy in the ensuing See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, and his capacity for supreme command was doubted even by Daun, who refused to give him the command when he himself was wounded at the battle of See also:

• TORGAU

Torgau . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• HUBERTUSBURG

Hubertusburg a new See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of activity was opened, in which Lacy's See also:

• SPECIAL

special gifts had the greatest See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope . Maria Theresa having placed her son, the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph II., at the head of Austrian military affairs, Lacy was made a field-marshal, and given the task of reforming and administering the army (1766) . He framed new regulations for each See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm, a new See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of military See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

• SYSTEM

system . As the result of his See also:

• WORK

work the Austrian army was more numerous, far better equipped, and cheaper than it had ever been before . Joseph soon became very intimate with his military adviser, but this did not prevent his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, after she became estranged from 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 emperor, from giving Lacy her full confidence . His activities were not confined to the army . He was in sympathy with Joseph's innovations, and was regarded by Maria Theresa as a See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime mover in the 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 See also:

• PARTITION

partition of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . But his self-imposed work See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down Lacy's See also:

• HEALTH

health, and in 1973, in spite of the remonstrances of Maria Theresa and of the emperor, he laid down all his offices and went to See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . On returning he was still unable to resume See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, though as an unofficial adviser in See also:

• POLITICAL

political and military matters he was far from idle .

In the brief and uneventful War of the Bavarian Succession, Lacy and Loudon were the chief Austrian commanders against 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 of Prussia, and when Joseph II. at Maria Theresa's See also:

• DEATH

death, became the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign of the Austrian dominions as well as emperor, Lacy remained his most trusted friend . More serious than the War of the Bavarian Succession was the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish war which presently broke out . Lacy was now old and worn out, and his See also:

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

tenure of command therein was not marked by any greater measure of success than in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the other Austrian generals . His active career was at an end, although he continued his effective See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the affairs of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and the army throughout the reign of Joseph's successor, 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 I . His last years were spent in retirement at his See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Neuwaldegg near See also:

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

Vienna . He died at Vienna on the 24th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18or . See memoir by A. v . See also:

• ARNETH, ALFRED, RITTER

Arneth in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1883) .