Franz Salomon Wyss

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Franz von Wyss, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

Franz Salomon Wyss (also: von Wyß , baptized on April 19, 1796 in Bern ; † June 13, 1849 near Csorna (Austria, now Hungary)) was a Swiss military person or Austrian major general .

Life

His parents were the Bern fief commissioner Franz Salomon Wyss, from the family of Wyss with the lily and his wife Margaretha Tschiffeli. From 1810 he attended the engineering academy in Vienna. He came in June 1813 as a lieutenant in the 1st Uhlan Regiment (Count Merveld) with whom he took part in the Wars of Liberation . He took part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Illyria and Italy, such as the battles at Feistritz and Krainburg, the advance to Italy, the battles at Rozenigo, Bassano, San Marco and the blockade of Palmanuova. In 1814 he was appointed first lieutenant. During the summer campaign of 1815 in France, the Uhlan regiment stood for some time near Paris. After the war he was used for surveying work from 1820 to 1822 and was promoted to Second Rittmeister in 1827 and to Squadron Commander in 1831. Then in 1838 he joined the 3rd Uhlan Regiment (Archduke Karl) as a major, in 1840 he became a lieutenant colonel, in 1843 a colonel and regimental commander.

With the beginning of the first Italian War of Independence , he came to Italy with Feldzeugmeister Nugent . He was given command of a brigade and made the advance across the Piave and Isonzo against Verona. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Custoza in 1848 so that he was promoted to major general in August 1848. After the battle he was initially charged with the pursuit. He occupied Quaderni and when a Piedmontese infantry brigade passed on the road, he attacked and was able to disperse the brigade and take 45 prisoners. On the night of July 31st to August 1st, he advanced with his patrol command to Crema and let half a squadron of hussars bypass the place in order to occupy and close the rear city gate, while he himself quickly advanced against the front one listed two guns against the same. So he captured an officer and 48 men, captured 5 horses, 300 rifles, several drums and three-colored flags.

During the Vienna October Uprising of 1848 he was under the command of Field Marshal Prince Alfred zu Windischgrätz and led the vanguard against the rebels in Vienna and conquered Leopoldstadt . For storming the Jägerzeile he received the Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class .

When the Hungarian Revolution broke out, he was sent to Hungary. He and his brigade were assigned to the Csorich Division of the Second Army Corps of Field Marshal-Lieutenant Count Wrbna . On January 11, 1849, at Ipolyság, he and his brigade encountered an enemy vanguard, which he threw back. On February 27, 1849, the second day of the Battle of Kápolna , he personally led the 2nd Jäger Battalion and a Baden Infantry battalion to assault this village across the Tarna. He was able to occupy the village and hold it despite heavy artillery fire. After Feldzeugmeister Welden had taken over the command, Wyss received a detached brigade in the first army corps of Field Marshal Lieutenant Grafen Schlik . On June 1, 1849, the Hungarians succeeded in capturing Colonel Freiherr Zeßner with important papers. General György Kmety then decided to attack the Wyss Brigade near Csorna . The brigade was able to offer resistance at first, but at 8 a.m. General Wyss decided to break out in the direction of Beö-Sárkány. At the head of the vanguard, the general was hit by two bullets.

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SURNAME Wyss, Franz Salomon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wyß, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss military person
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1849
Place of death Csorna (Austria, now Hungary)