Eugen von Dorrer

Eugen Ferdinand Gottlieb Dorrer , von Dorrer since 1904 (born November 18, 1857 in Roßfeld , † April 2, 1916 in Brieulles-sur-Meuse , Département Meuse ) was a Württemberg lieutenant general .

Life

Dorrer embarked on a military career in the Württemberg army . From 1903 to 1911, he initially worked as a military attaché at the Württemberg legation and as a military representative in Berlin . In this capacity, he was awarded the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown on February 25, 1904 . With the award the elevation to the personal nobility was connected and he was allowed to call himself "von Dorrer" after the entry in the nobility register . From 1910 to 1913 he acted as general à la suite of His Majesty King Wilhelm II. From April 21, 1911, Dorrer was also the commander of the 26th field artillery brigade (1st Royal Württembergische) , until he became effective on March 22, 1913 on April 1st as lieutenant general and commander of the 11th division to Prussia. Removed from this command, he was put up for disposal on March 3, 1914 with the statutory pension in approval of his resignation .

In the First World War as z D officer reused led Dorrer the 44th Reserve Division on August 25, 1914 to April 2, 1916 under the XXII. Reserve Corps on the Western Front . In October 1914, Dorrer's division tried in vain to force the crossing of the Yser at Dixmuide during the Battle of Flanders .

After operations on the Eastern Front and after the advance to the Bug , his division was transferred to Syrmia . During the campaign in Serbia the division was assigned to the Austro-Hungarian 3rd Army during the attack on Belgrade . The decision brought about the transition from the German XXII. Reserve Corps. The 43rd and 44th Reserve Divisions were able to successfully cross the Sava using the Great Gypsy Island and intervened effectively from the southwest in the street battle of Belgrade, which brought the city into the hands of the Central Powers on October 9th. After returning to the Western Front, Dorrer's division was assigned to the Maas Group West under General von Gallwitz during the Battle of Verdun . Eugen von Dorrer died in the reserve field hospital No. 32, Brieulles, after a serious wound which he had suffered two days earlier during a reconnaissance at Verdun.

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Individual evidence

^ Royal Württemberg Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 3 of February 25, 1904, p. 10.
^ Military weekly paper. No. 37/38 of March 22, 1913, p. 819.
^ Military weekly paper. No. 38, March 19, 1914, pp. 795-796.
↑ Casimir Hermann Baer: The war of nations. A chronicle of the events since July 1, 1914. Volume 14: Fourth half of the war from February 1916 to August 1916. Verlag J. Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1917, pp. 290f. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
^ Anton Wagner: The First World War. A look back. (Troop service paperbacks; Vol. 7). Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 1981, pp. 119–120.

personal data
SURNAME	Dorrer, Eugen von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dorrer, Eugen Ferdinand Gottlieb von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Württemberg Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rossfeld
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1916
Place of death	Brieulles-sur-Meuse , France

[1] Royal Württemberg Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 3 of February 25, 1904, p. 10.

[2] Military weekly paper. No. 37/38 of March 22, 1913, p. 819.

[3] Military weekly paper. No. 38, March 19, 1914, pp. 795-796.

[4] Casimir Hermann Baer: The war of nations. A chronicle of the events since July 1, 1914. Volume 14: Fourth half of the war from February 1916 to August 1916. Verlag J. Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1917, pp. 290f. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[5] Anton Wagner: The First World War. A look back. (Troop service paperbacks; Vol. 7). Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 1981, pp. 119–120.