See also:

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

COUNT See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• COUNT ALFRED WALDERSEE (1832-1904)

WALDERSEE (1832-1904)  , 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 a soldier See also:

• FAMILY

family . Entering the Guard See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery of the Prussian See also:

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

army in 185o, he soon attracted the favourable See also:

• NOTICE

notice of his See also:

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

official superiors, and he made his first See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign (that of 1866) as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to General of Artillery See also:

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

Prince 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 of See also:

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

Prussia, with whom he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• KONIGGRATZ (Czech, Hradec Kralove)

Koniggratz . In the course of this campaign See also:

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

Count See also:

• WALDERSEE, ALFRED, COUNT (1832-1904)

Waldersee was promoted See also:

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

major and placed on the 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, and after the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace he served on the staff of the X . 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 (newly formed from the conquered See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover) . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 187o he became military attache at 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 and aide-de-camp to '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 See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William . In 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 Lieut.-See also:

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

Colonel Count Waldersee, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of both his admitted military talents and his See also:

• RECENT

recent experience of the enemy's army, proved a most useful assistant to the " supreme War-See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord." He was present at the See also:

• GREAT

great battles around See also:

• METZ

Metz, in which he played more than an orderly officer's See also:

• PART

part, and in the war against the See also:

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

republic he was specially sent to the staff of the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg-See also:

• SCHWERIN
• SCHWERIN, KURT CHRISTOPH, COUNT VON (1684–1757)

Schwerin, who was operating against See also:

• CHANZY, ANTOINE EUGENE ALFRED (1823-1883)

Chanzy's army on the Loir . The grand duke was a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good soldier, but not a brilliant strategist, and the fortunate outcome of the western campaign was largely due to his adviser . At the end of the war Waldersee received the First Class of the See also:

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

Iron See also:

• CROSS

Cross, and was entrusted with the exceedingly delicate and difficult See also:

• POST

post of German representative at Paris, in which his tact and See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy were very marked . At the end of 1871 Waldersee took over the command of the 13th Uhlans at Hanover, and two years later he became See also:

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

chief of the staff of the Hanoverian army corps, in which he had served before 187o . In 1881 he became See also:

• MOLTKE, ADAM GOTTLOB, COUNT (1710-1792)
• MOLTKE, ADAM WILHELM, COUNT (1785-1864)
• MOLTKE, HELMUTH CARL BERNHARD, COUNT VON (1800-1891)

Moltke's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal assistant on the great general staff at See also:

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

Berlin, and for seven years was intimately connected with the great field marshal's See also:

• WORK

work, so that, when Moltke retired in 1888, Waldersee's See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to succeed him was a foregone conclusion . Threeyears later the chief of the general staff was sent to command the IX . Corps at See also:

• ALTONA

Altona, an appointment which was interpreted as indicating that his See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close and intimate friendship with See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck had made him, at this 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 of the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor's dismissal, a persona non grata to 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 See also:

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

emperor .

In 1898, however, he was appointed inspector-general of the III . " Army Inspection " at Hanover, 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 being accompanied by the most eulogistic expressions of the kaiser's See also:

• GOODWILL

goodwill . On the despatch of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European troops to quell the Boxer insurrection in See also:

• CHINA

China in 1900, it was agreed that Count Waldersee should have the supreme command of the See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint forces . The preparations for his departure from See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany caused a good See also:

• DEAL

deal of satirical comment on what was known as the "Waldersee Rummel" or " theatricals." He arrived at the front, however, too See also:

• LATE

late to See also:

• DIRECT

direct his troops in the fighting before See also:

• PEKING, or PEKIN

Peking . At the end of the war he returned to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . He resumed at Hanover his duties of inspector-general, which he performed almost to his See also:

• DEATH

death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 5th of 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 1904 .