Adolf des Barres

Franz Wilhelm Hermann Gustav Adolf des Barres (born September 16, 1814 in Neuwied , † December 31, 1873 in Bleichfelde ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Adolf was a son of the Prussian captain of the same name, Adolf des Barres (1788-1828) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Luedemann (1790-1835). The Prussian general of the infantry Julius von Vallet des Barres (1820-1897) was his younger brother.

Military career

Barres attended private schools in Cologne and Mainz as well as the high school in Cologne. On September 16, 1829, he joined the 35th Infantry Regiment (3rd Reserve Regiment) of the Prussian Army in Mainz as a musketeer and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by the end of October 1832 . After brief assignments to the Reserve Pioneer Company in Mainz and to the Infantry Training Battalion, he was assigned to the Bensberg Cadet House on October 1, 1840 as an educator . Barres was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on April 9, 1846 , and transferred to the Kulm Cadet House and at the end of April 1850 was placed with the cadet corps à la suite of the 40th Infantry Regiment (8th Reserve Regiment) . From mid-November 1850 he worked as a department head at the Kulm Cadet House, became a captain at the beginning of December 1851 and returned to service on June 10, 1856 when he was appointed company commander in the 40th Infantry Regiment (8th Reserve Regiment). After Barres in June / July 1859 company commander in the militia battalion in Gräfrath was commanded, he was on 13 November as a Major in the 11th Grenadier Regiment added, and on July 1, 1860. Commander of the First Battalion in Wroclaw appointed.

As a lieutenant colonel , Barres led his battalion in 1866 in the German War at the Battle of Langensalza . He managed to maintain a position at Merxleben for several hours and was exposed to attacks by superior Hanoverian cavalry four times on the retreat . Barres was able to refuse this despite demands to surrender and lead his units and the flag back with losses. For his prudent behavior he was then awarded the highest Prussian honor for bravery, the Order Pour le Mérite . Later in the war he took part of the main campaign still remember the battles in Uettingen and the bombardment of Würzburg part.

After the peace agreement, Barres was appointed commander of the newly formed Infantry Regiment No. 85 in Rendsburg on October 30, 1866 , and was promoted to colonel on December 31, 1866 in this position . For health reasons it was not possible for him to take over a brigade . He was then appointed commander of Saarlouis on April 12, 1870 under position à la suite of his regiment . On August 18, 1871, he received the character of major general. With the award of the patent for his rank, he was appointed commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in Bromberg on March 16, 1872 , as the active command staff was still part of the occupation army in France after the war . Health Due introduced to Barres under award of the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves on August 9, 1873 board for disposition and died at the end of the year to a serious illness.

family

Barres married Pauline Horn (1820-1892) on May 27, 1848 in Bensberg. The later Prussian general of the infantry Karl von Vallet des Barres (1855-1919) emerged from the marriage, who like all living members of the family des Barres on November 6, 1893 by Kaiser Wilhelm II as "von Vallet des Barres" in the hereditary Prussian nobility was raised .

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 246-247.
• Gothaisches Genealogischen Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1909. Third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1908, pp. 842–843.