HANS See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

JOACHIM VON See also:

• HANS JOACHIM VON ZIETEN (1699-1786)

ZIETEN (1699-1786)  , 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, began his military career as a volunteer in an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

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

regiment . He retired after ten years' service, but soon afterwards became a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of dragoons . Being involved in some See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade transactions of his See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron-See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, he was cashiered, but by some means managed to obtain reinstatement, and was posted to a See also:

• HUSSAR

hussar 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, then a new 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 . At that 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 See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

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

cavalry See also:

• WORK

work was well known only to the Austrians, and in 1735 Rittmeister von See also:

• ZIETEN, HANS JOACHIM VON (1699-1786)

Zieten made the See also:

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

Rhine See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign under the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian general Baronay . In 1741, when just promoted lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel, Zieten met his old teacher in See also:

• BATTLE

battle and defeated him at the See also:

• ACTION

action of Rothschloss . The chivalrous Austrian sent him a complimentary See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter a few days later, and Winterfeld (who was in command at Rothschloss) reported upon his conduct so favourably that Zieten was at once marked out by 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 See also:

• GREAT

Great for high command . Within the See also:

• YEAR

year he was colonel of the newly formed Hussar regiment, and henceforward his promotion was rapid . In the " Moravian Foray " of the following year Zieten and his hussars penetrated almost to See also:

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

Vienna, and in the See also:

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

retreat to See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia he was constantly employed with the rearguard . Still more distinguished was his See also:

• PART

part in the Second Silesian See also:

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

War . In the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, the hussars, like the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Prussian cavalry, had undergone a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

reformation; to See also:

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

iron discipline they had added the dash and skirmishing qualities of the best irregulars, and the hussars were considered the best cf their arm In See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . Zieten fought the brilliant action of Moldau Tein almost on the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day he received his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission as See also:

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

major-general . In the next campaign he led the famous Zietenritt See also:

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

round the enemy's lines with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of delivering 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's 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 to a distant detachment .

At See also:

• HOHENFRIEDBERG, or HOHENFRIEDEBERG

Hohenfriedberg-See also:

• STRIEGAU

Striegau and at Katholisch-Hennersdorf the hussars covered themselves with See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory . Hennersdorf and Kesselsdorf ended the second war, but the Prussian See also:

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

army did not rest on its laurels, and their training during the ten years' peace was careful and unceasing . When the Seven Years' War See also:

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

broke out in 1756 Zieten had just been made lieutenant-general . At See also:

• REICHENBERG (Czech, Liberec)

Reichenberg and at Prag he held important commands, and at the disastrous battle of See also:

• KOLIN

Kolin (18th See also:

• JUNE

June 1757) his See also:

• LEFT

left wing of cavalry-See also:

• ZIMBABWE

ZIMBABWE was the only victorious corps of troops . At See also:

• LEUTHEN

Leuthen, the most brilliant battle of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, Zieten's cavalry began the fighting and completed the rout of the Austrians . He continued, during the whole of the war, to be one of Frederick's most trusted generals . Almost the only See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error in his career of battles was his misdirection of the frontal attack at See also:

• TORGAU

Torgau, but he redeemed the See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake by his desperate See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault on the Siptitz heights, which eventually decided the day . At the peace, General Zieten went into retirement, the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero alike of the army and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . He died in 1786 . Six years later Frederick's successor erected a See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column to his memory on the Wilhelmsplatz in See also:

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

Berlin . See the Lives by his daughter, Fran von See also:

• BLUMENTHAL, LEONHARD, COUNT VON (1810–1900)

Blumenthal (Berlin, 1800), by See also:

• HAHN, AUGUST (1792–1863)

Hahn (5th ed., Berlin, 1878), by See also:

• LIPPE

Lippe-Weissenfeld (2nd ed., Berlin, 1878), and by See also:

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

Winter (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1886) .