KARL VON See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• KARL VON SCHMIDT (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

SCHMIDT (1817-1875)  , Prussian See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

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

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SCHWEDT

Schwedt on the See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder, on the 12th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1817, and entered the 4th Ulans as a second See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1834 . His See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long regimental service was varied by 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 service and instructional See also:

• WORK

work, and in the mobilization of 1859 he had the command of a See also:

• LANDWEHR

landwehr cavalry See also:

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

regiment . In 1863 he was made See also:

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

colonel of the 4th See also:

• CUIRASSIERS

Cuirassiers, which he commanded in the, for the cavalry 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, uneventful See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1864 and 1866 . He then commanded a newly raised regiment of See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein troops, the 16th Hussars, but at the outbreak of the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

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

War he was still an obscure and perhaps a mistrusted officer, though his grasp of every detail of cavalry work was admitted . But an opportunity for distinction was grasped in the cavalry fighting around See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars-la-Tour (Aug . 16), in which he temporarily led a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade and was severely wounded . He was soon promoted See also:

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

major-general and succeeded to the temporary command of his See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division on the disablement of its See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . In this See also:

• POST

post he did brilliant work in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign on the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire, and even in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter operations towards Le Mans, and earned a reputation second to none amongst the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and men of his arm . After the war he took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the reorganization of the Prussian cavalry, which in ten years raised its efficiency to a point far beyond that of any other cavalry in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . In 1875, though his See also:

• HEALTH

health was failing, he refused to give up the conduct of certain important cavalry manoeuvres with which he had been entrusted . But a few days of heavy work in 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 brought on a fatal illness, and he died at See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig on the 25th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1875 . In 1889 the 4th Ulans, in which his regimental service was almost entirely spent, were given the name " Von See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt." His See also:

• DRILL

drill and manmuvre instructions were codified and published after his See also:

• DEATH

death by his staff officer, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain von Vollard Bockelberg, who was authorized by 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 to do so .

An See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, Instructions for Cavalry, has been published by the War 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 . Von Schmidt himself wrote a pamphlet, See also:

• AUCH

Auch ein Wort caber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Ausbildung der Cavallerie (1862) . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original German edition of the Instructions for Cavalry is prefaced by a memoir of Von Schmidt's See also:

• LIFE

life and services, written by Major Kaehler .