See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON WILHELM VON See also:

• BARON WILHELM VON TEGETTHOFF (1827-1871)

TEGETTHOFF (1827-1871)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, son of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant-See also:

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

Colonel Karl von See also:

• TEGETTHOFF, WILHELM VON, BARON (1827-1871)

Tegetthoff, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg, in See also:

• STYRIA (German, Steiermark or Steyermark)

Styria, on the 23rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1827 . After passing through the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, he first served afloat in 1845, and in 1848 was made an See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign . In 1849 he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade of Venice, resulting in its surrender . In 1852 he was promoted to be a lieutenant, and during the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

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

war was employed on a sort of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police 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 See also:

• SULINA

Sulina mouth of the See also:

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

Danube, which brought him to the favourable See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

Archduke See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian, who in 18J4 had been appointed 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 of the See also:

• NAVY

navy with the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral . After some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in a semi-See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official scientific expedition in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia, and the Red See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea down to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Socotra, Tegetthoff was promoted 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 See also:

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

captain of the third class, and in 1858 he commanded the corvette " Erzherzog See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich " on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco, then in a very disturbed See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The corvette returned to See also:

• TRIESTE (Ger. Triest; Slay. Trst; the Roman Tergeste, q.v.)

Trieste on the imminence of the war with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; but during 1859 the See also:

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

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet commanded the Adriatic in vastly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior force, against which the Austrians were powerless . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace Tegetthoff made a voyage to See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to Maximilian, and in 186o-63 commanded a large See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate in the See also:

• LEVANT

Levant during the disturbances in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, and on the coast of See also:

• GREECE

Greece or in the Piraeus at the time of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek revolution . Towards the end of 1863 he was sent to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Sea as See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

commodore in command of two frigates, with which, together with three small Prussian gunboats, he fought an See also:

• ACTION

action with the Danish See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron, and though without any decisive success, succeeded in raising the blockade of the mouths of the See also:

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

Elbe and See also:

• WESER (O. Ger. Visuracha, Wisura, Lat. Visurgis)

Weser . The Austrian See also:

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

emperor answered . Tegetthoff's telegraphic despatch by another promoting him to be rear-admiral, and conferring on him the 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 of the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron See also:

• CROWN

Crown . In 1865 he commanded a small squadron in the Mediterranean, and in the war of r866 was placed in command of the whole effective force of the Austrian navy . With all his efforts, however, this was markedly inferior to the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian force opposed to it, and when the two fleets met off See also:

• LISSA (Polish Lezno)
• LISSA (Serbo-Croation Vis; Lat. Issa)

Lissa on the loth of See also:

• JULY

July, the decisive victory of the Austrians was entirely due to the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal superiority of Tegetthoff and the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers whom he in See also:

• GREAT

great measure had trained .

In See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, in See also:

• SHIPS

ships, and in armament the Italians were much the more powerful, but they had neither a capable See also:

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

chief nor efficient officers . Tegetthoff was immediately promote,4i, by See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph, to the rank of See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral, and among the many decorations conferred on him was one from his former See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, the unfortunate Maximilian, at this time emperor of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, whose See also:

• BODY

body was in the following See also:

• YEAR

year brought See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home by Tegetthoff . In 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 1868 he was appointed head of the naval See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of 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 and commander-inchief of the navy, which offices he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

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

Vienna, after a very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short illness, on the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April 187r—in the words of the semi-official notice—" zu fruh See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Osterreich." (J . K .