Arthur von Lüttwitz

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Arthur von Lüttwitz

Arthur Rudolph Freiherr von Lüttwitz (born April 9, 1865 at Lodygowitz Castle ; † May 6, 1928 in Baden-Baden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and military attaché .

Life

family

Arthur was the son of the manor owner Max Freiherr von Lüttwitz († 1897) and his wife Irma, born von Gaal-Gyula (1840-1915). He married Mary Curtis-Cary in 1892.

Military career

On April 13, 1882, Lüttwitz , coming from the cadet corps , joined the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . From February to October 1886 was Lüttwitz for Castle Guard Company , commanded before he followed the post of Adjutant of the Fusilier - battalion took over in his favorite regiment, which he held until the end of the 1889th As Prime Lieutenant Lüttwitz was assigned to the War Academy on October 1, 1890 , where he was trained as a general staff officer for almost three years until the end of July 1893. He was then assigned to the General Staff , effective April 1, 1894 , where he was promoted to captain in March 1895 . In the general staff he was among other things, from March 1896 as surveying conductor in the topographical department .

In May 1898 Lüttwitz was sent to the German embassy in London as a military attaché , where he was responsible for maintaining military relations between the Reich and the British Empire. In his capacity as military attaché, Lüttwitz was allowed to observe the leadership of the British warfare in the Boer War in their headquarters from October 1899 . In December 1900, Lüttwitz, with the rank of major , was transferred to the German embassy in St. Petersburg as a military attaché , where he remained active until mid-1904. After his return to Germany in April 1906 he was assigned to the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 , of which he commanded the 1st Battalion. In August 1907 Lüttwitz returned to the General Staff, where he became department head in March 1908. Shortly afterwards, in early May 1908, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . At the end of April 1911, Lüttwitz was promoted to colonel . From October 1912 he took command of the infantry regiment "Hamburg" (2nd Hanseatic) No. 76 . With the promotion to major general on April 22, 1914, he was commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade.

After the outbreak of the First World War , Lüttwitz was transferred to the Supreme Army Command on August 1, 1914 . Just three weeks later he was appointed German military governor of Brussels , where he was appointed Chief of the General Staff in the General Government of Belgium from October 1914 . At the end of November 1914, Lüttwitz was given command of the 38th Infantry Brigade. A few months later, at the end of March 1915, he took over command of the 221st Infantry Brigade, then briefly, in August 1915, command of the 40th Infantry Brigade, and finally command from the end of August 1915 to April 1916 led the 20th division . From the end of April to August 1916, Lüttwitz was deputy general manager of the field army before he was appointed general manager on August 21, 1916.

From January 1917 Lüttwitz took over command of the 16th division . In October 1917 he led the division's defensive battles in the front section at Poelkapelle and Paschendaele . In this capacity, he managed to repel three attacks by British units, despite heavy artillery support. For this achievement, which was not least attributed to Lüttwitz's leadership, he was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite on November 8, 1917 .

On September 15, 1918 Lüttwitz was in command of the XXXVIII. Reserve Corps . Two weeks later he received orders to fortify the position on the Meuse . This was followed on November 16, 1918 by his appointment as commanding general of the corps. He was then made available as an officer by the army on January 13, 1919, and finally retired from active service on May 3, 1919.

After leaving the army, Lüttwitz settled in Baden-Baden, where he was at Ludwig-Wilhelm-Str. 3 lived.

Awards

Fonts

  • The method of attack of the Japanese in the East Asian War 1904/05. Berlin 1906.
  • The Uhlan Regiment of Emperor Alexander III. of Russia (West Prussia) No. 1. 1913-1920. Memorial sheets of German regiments. Oldenburg 1932.

literature

  • List of officers of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1910, pp. 132–133.
  • Lukas Grawe: "What such a war does to people!" Reports by Arthur von Lüttwitz from the Boer War . In: Austrian Military Journal, Issue 3, 2018, pp. 283–291.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich von Stocken: List of officers of the Royal Prussian Queen Elizabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. Berlin 1892. P. 155.
  2. ^ New York Times. October 20, 1928. Here we learn that “the widow of the general, who was governor in Belgium in 1914”, has arrived in the USA: “The Baroness Mary von Luttwitz, widow of the late Baron Arthur von Luttwitz, which was governor of Belgium for three months after the German invasion of that [...] "; see. BARONESS LUTTWITZ HERE. - Baroness Was Wife of General Who Governed Belgium in 1914. - Article - NYTimes.com
  3. ↑ Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? Xth edition, Berlin 1935.
  4. ↑ Karl-Friedrich Hildebrandt, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2. Biblio Verlag. Bissendorf 2003. pp. 388-390.
  5. ^ Gerhard Ebel (ed.): Ambassador Paul Graf von Hatzfeldt. Recovered papers 1838-1901. Boppard 1976, p. 1241.
  6. ^ Karl-Friedrich Hildebrandt: p. 390.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 87.
personal data
SURNAME Lüttwitz, Arthur von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lüttwitz, Arthur Rudolph Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Lodygowitz Castle
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1928
Place of death Baden-Baden