Friedrich von Taysen

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Friedrich von Taysen, 1918

Elimar Friedrich von Taysen (born April 15, 1866 in Oldenburg , † May 31, 1940 in Potsdam ) was a German infantry general in the Reichswehr .

Life

Friedrich was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Adalbert von Taysen and his wife Albertine Wilhelmine, née Claron (1839-1902).

Taysen joined the Guard Fusilier Regiment in Berlin on April 1, 1886 as a flag junior , where he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on September 17, 1887 . As such, he was transferred to the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91 in his hometown on March 24, 1890 . From October 1, 1892 to July 26, 1895, Taysen was commanded for further training at the Prussian War Academy and in the meantime promoted to Prime Lieutenant on May 14, 1894 . After his return, he did military service for the next nine months before he was assigned to the General Staff . On April 1, 1899, he was transferred to Posen as adjutant of the 19th Infantry Brigade. Here he was promoted to captain on January 18, 1901 and on September 12, 1902, he was appointed company commander in the infantry regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94 . With simultaneous promotion to major on March 1, 1909, Taysen was then adjutant at the General Command of the XI. Army Corps . He held this position until April 17, 1913, after which he was appointed commander of the III. Battalion of the infantry regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94 in Jena .

First World War

With the outbreak of the First World War , his regiment mobilized on August 2, 1914 , moved into neutral Belgium in conjunction with the 38th Division and initially took part in the siege of Namur . After the fall of the fortress , Taysen and his regiment were transferred to the Eastern Front and promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 5, 1914 . In the following days he took part in the battle of the Masurian Lakes , then led his battalion in the southern Polish campaign and during the German retreat at the end of October on the Rawka . During the northern Polish campaign with the battles near Kutno and Łódź , Taysen was entrusted with the management of the regiment and appointed its commander on December 1, 1914. End of December went the regiment at the Rawka- Bzura in the trench warfare over.

During the breakthrough battle at Przasnysz , which began on July 13, 1915 , the regiment was subordinate to the Gallwitz Army Group and Taysen broke into the key Russian position at Grudusk on the first day of the battle and was able to conquer the main position at Gorne, which had previously been considered impossible. At Pułtusk the Narew could be crossed and Taysen was wounded on August 15, 1915 in the following fighting.

After a stay in the hospital and recovery, Taysen returned to the head of his regiment at the end of September, which at that time was already being transported to the western front . There it took up a position between Oise and Aisne near Caisnes . In mid-May it moved to Verdun and took part in the fighting for the height 304 . The regiment was also used in the subsequent Battle of the Somme . After the retreat to the Siegfriedstellung in March 1917, the Battle of Arras followed , in which Taysen was wounded for the second time in the storm of Roeux. On June 18, 1917, Taysen was then promoted to colonel . During the Third Battle of Flanders he was able to bring the British attack to a halt in the Verlorenhoek-Franzenberg area under his control. Then the regiment was withdrawn from the front and relocated first to Antwerp for rest and refreshment , then to quieter positions near Monchy. In November 1917, Taysen and his regiment took over the Westroosebeke- Passchendaele section . In the early morning hours of December 2, 1917, he was able to repel a heavy British attack here in advance, which otherwise would have resulted in a breakthrough in the section of the 38th Division. For this achievement Taysen was awarded the Pour le Mérite on January 6, 1918 .

On April 12, 1918, Taysen gave up his regiment and was appointed commander of the 43rd Replacement Infantry Brigade, which he led in the Battle of the Lys and with which he then went back into position warfare. On September 29, 1918, Taysen was then given command of the 170th Landwehr Infantry Brigade and thus acted as the infantry leader of the 6th Cavalry Rifle Division .

After the armistice , Taysen led his regiments back home and, after demobilization, took over command of the infantry regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94 on December 18, 1918. After the regiment was demobilized via the Weimar settlement center In March 1919, Taysen set up the von Taysen volunteer brigade belonging to the Guard Cavalry Rifle Division in Berlin .

Reichswehr

On January 8, 1920 Taysen was taken over as commander of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 5 in the Provisional Reichswehr . After the army was further reduced, on October 1, 1920 Taysen was given command of the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Potsdam . Taysen gave this post on June 15, 1921 and was then appointed inspector of the infantry in the Reichswehr Ministry. As such, he was promoted to major general on July 1, 1921 and, two years later, to lieutenant general. In his function as inspector, he was largely responsible for drafting new combat regulations for foot troops. On January 31, 1925 Taysen arbitration under presentation of the character as General of Infantry from active service.

Civil life

After his departure, Taysen worked as a military writer and editor-in-chief of the magazine Deutscher Wille .

Awards

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War, Volume 3: P – Z , Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 , pp. 393–395
  • Hanns Möller: History of the Knights of the Order pour le mérite in World War II , Volume II: M – Z, Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, pp. 401–403

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son , Berlin 1914, p. 266
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1924, p. 110
personal data
SURNAME Taysen, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elimar Friedrich von Taysen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German infantry general in the Reichswehr
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1940
Place of death Potsdam