Albert Schmidt from Georgenegg

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Albert Georg Schmidt (since 1909 Schmidt von Georgenegg ; born April 2, 1861 in Posen , † April 29, 1930 in Bad Ischl ) was an Austro-Hungarian general of the infantry and leader of an army corps in the First World War .

Life

Early military career

After attending the cadet school in Vienna in 1878, Albert Georg Schmidt joined the 32nd Infantry Regiment and was made a lieutenant . He took part in the occupation campaign in Bosnia and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1883 .

From 1885 to 1887 he attended the war school in Vienna. From 1887 various positions followed with infantry regiments No. 47 and 102, where he rose to captain in 1890 . His main activity, however, was for over two decades in the staff service of an infantry brigade , where he rose to major in 1896 and, after his promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1900, served as chief of staff in an infantry division. In 1903 he was appointed colonel . From March 1906 to April 1909 he served as Chief of Staff of the VIII Corps in Prague . His further career brought him after his ennoblement with the title of Georgenegg on November 1, 1909, the promotion to major general . On October 31, 1912, he was raised in rank to field marshal lieutenant , which was associated with command of the 43rd Landwehr Infantry Division in Chernivtsi .

In the first World War

With the outbreak of war he was the army group's formation in August 1914 Kövess at Halych fed and dressed on the southern Dniester on -Ufer Mikolajow back. He then offered violent resistance to the Dniester group of the Russian 8th Army at the bridgehead at Zaleszczyki . After the establishment of the 2nd Army in Galicia , his troops fought south of Lemberg and in the spring of 1915 in the winter battle in the Carpathian Mountains .

In May 1915 he was appointed commanding general of the IV Corps, which was part of the 2nd Army. On May 7, 1916 he was appointed general of the infantry. His corps (consisting of the 14th and the 33rd Division under Major General László Horváth and FML Theodor von Hordt ) broke in early August during the Brusilov offensive in the onslaught of the Russian 11th Army in space Zalozce together - a fact which led to his dismissal . From autumn 1917 he headed the most important censorship authority of the Austro-Hungarian Army, the War Surveillance Office in Vienna. The improvements in the defense conditions in the Zara military command , which were due to him, met with general approval. In 1917 it was passed for the time being, but reactivated at short notice after six months. After the lost war, he finally retired in 1918, which he spent in retirement in Bad Ischl.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Austria-Hungary's Last War, Volume I, Vienna 1930, p. 205
  2. ↑ Federal Army Austria, reports.
  3. ^ Austrian Academy of Science, biography.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt von Georgenegg, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt von Georgenegg, Albert Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Hungarian general of the infantry in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1930
Place of death Bad Ischl