Friedrich von Bouchenröder

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Wilhelm Gustav Friedrich Freiherr von Bouchenröder (born December 19, 1775 in Eschborn ; † January 6, 1840 ) was a Major General of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Life

In 1789 Bouchenröder became a cadet in the Dutch hunter battalion "Graf Salm" and later came to the Artois'chen Corps as a lieutenant, with whom he was involved in the 1792 siege of Longwy . After the dissolution of the corps, he joined Darmstadt on March 20, 1793 as an ensign in the 1st Leib Grenadier Battalion of the Life Guard Infantry Regiment . On April 26, he was promoted to second lieutenant and on December 11, 1794 to prime lieutenant . After his promotion to staff captain on March 26, 1803, he was on April 7, 1809 captain in the Guard Fusilier Battalion.

He took part in the battles on the Main and Middle Rhine with France in 1793, 1794, 1795 and 1796 ( Battle of Neuwied ). After the Grand Duchy of Hesse joined the Confederation of the Rhine on August 14, 1806 , he was on the French side against Prussia with his battalion in the battle of Jena and in 1807 in the battles and the subsequent siege of Graudenz . In 1809 the battalion fought on the French side against Austria and he was involved in the battle of Wagram . During these fighting, his horse was shot away from under his body with a cannonball, so that on foot, led by the riflemen and supported by the 3rd Grenadier Company of the 45th French Line Infantry Regiment, he penetrated the village and temporarily captured it. However, due to the hostile superiority of the Hungarian grenadiers, Bouchenröder had to give way again shortly afterwards. A few days later he was also involved in the battle at Znojmo . For this he was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

On May 26, 1811 he was promoted to major and was given command of the 1st Guard Fusilier Battalion. The unit was later so wiped out during the Russian campaign in 1812 that he was given command of the provisional battalion formed from the remnants of the grand ducal infantry on the Vistula . Before the battle of Großgörschen he took command of his reorganized battalion again. In the battle of May 2, 1813, six of his officers and 242 soldiers died when he took the town of Kleingörschen . In the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig on October 18, 1813, his battalion played a key role in the defense of Zuckelhausen until they retreated to Stötteritz , from where the 8th French Hussar Regiment threw back the enemy tirailleur line . At the head of his soldiers, he stormed into the ranks of the enemy and suddenly found himself at the point of concentrated artillery fire from his own ranks. He managed to return with prisoners and to build his own Tirailleur line at the site of the enemy, but he was then captured on October 19, 1813.

After his return from captivity on February 1, 1814, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. During the 1814 campaign he was in command of the 1st Battalion of the Light Infantry Regiment. After the campaign in 1815, he was appointed regimental commander on August 17, 1816 and promoted to colonel on March 25, 1817 . He remained in command of his regiment until 1832. On April 11, 1832 he was promoted to major general and was appointed commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade in Darmstadt. At the same time, Bouchenröder acted as President of the High Court of Justice. In this capacity he received the Commander's Cross, 1st Class of the Order of Ludwig on September 22, 1833 .

Bouchenröder was involved in 13 campaigns and 30 battles and skirmishes, but was never injured.

When he was buried on January 9, 1840, Grand Duke Ludwig II and Princes Karl , Alexander and Emil followed the procession on foot from the deceased's place of residence to the cemetery; the procession lasted an hour. His successor as commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade was Major General Freiherr von Stosch.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voight: New Nekrolog der Deutschen ... BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
  2. ^ General military newspaper . CW Leske, 1832 ( google.de [accessed November 13, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Yearbooks for instruction, amusement and memory aid: first presented to the residents of the Grand Duchy of Hesse ... L. Pabst and E. Bekker., 1840 ( google.de [accessed on November 13, 2017]).
  4. ^ Frankfurter Ober-Post-Amts-Zeitung: 1833.7 / 9 . Thurn & Taxis, 1833 ( google.de [accessed on November 13, 2017]).
  5. ↑ General military newspaper. Edited by a society of German officers and military officials . Leske, 1840 ( google.de [accessed November 13, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Bouchenröder, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bouchenröder, Wilhelm Gustav Friedrich Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Grand-Ducal Major General of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschborn
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1840