Gustav von Dreising

Gustav Adolph Franz Georg Dreising , from 1901 von Dreising (born October 14, 1846 in Smoszew , † June 16, 1917 at St. Apollinar) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Thurn- und Taxischen land tenant Emil Dreising and his wife Marie, née Steinhagen.

Military career

Three Sing visited the Cadet Corps and was on 18 April 1865 as chargierter Ensign the sixth Brandenburg Infantry Regiment. 52 of the Prussian Army transferred. With this regiment he took part in the battles near Nachod , Skalitz , Schweinschädel , the bombardment of Gradlitz and the battle of Königgrätz during the war against Austria in 1866 . Promoted to Second Lieutenant on July 12, 1866 , Dreising was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battalion on April 1, 1869 . In this position he was used during the war against France in 1870/71 in the battle of Spichern , was seriously wounded at Mars-la-Tour and was still able to participate in the siege of Metz . Dreising was also wounded in the battle of Bapaume . He was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and rose after the Treaty of Frankfurt to first lieutenant on. In June 1873 he was assigned to the military shooting school, the following year from the end of March to the end of August 1874 he was employed as an assistant teacher in this educational institution. Commanded as adjutant to the 11th Infantry Brigade in mid-October 1876, Dreising was placed in this command à la suite of the 1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 6 and promoted to captain on October 12, 1878 . As a company commander , he was transferred to the 4th Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No. 112 on October 21, 1879 . There he became major on August 20, 1889 and battalion commander on November 18, 1890. In September 1894 Dreising was commanded to observe the maneuvers of the Swiss Army . As a lieutenant colonel and regular staff officer, he was transferred to the infantry regiment "von Lützow" (1st Rheinisches) No. 25 on June 19, 1895 . Promoted to colonel , Dreising was then from June 17, 1897 to May 17, 1901 commander of the infantry regiment "Graf Werder" (4th Rheinisches) No. 30 . In the meantime, Dreising had been raised to hereditary nobility on January 18, 1901 by Wilhelm II .

Promoted to major general , he was given command of the 35th Infantry Brigade in Flensburg on May 18, 1901 . With the approval of his resignation request, Dreising was finally put up for disposal on April 24, 1904, conferring the character of Lieutenant General with a pension . In recognition of his services, he was awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves, and the star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class.

Despite his advanced age, Dreising made himself available during the First World War . He was initially in command of the 25th mixed Landwehr infantry brigade and received the Star with Swords for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves , in April 1915 . Dreising was appointed commander of the 25th Landwehr Division on the Western Front on September 12, 1916 . With the major association he took part in the trench warfare on the Aisne and worked in April 1917 in the double battle Aisne-Champagne . The division then moved to Upper Alsace , where Dreising died on June 16, 1917 near St. Apollinar.

literature

• Krüger: Master list of officers, medical officers and officials of the infantry regiment v. Alvensleben (6. Brandenburgisches) No. 52. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1912. pp. 63-64.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 83 of May 6, 1915, p. 1995.
2. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 195.
3. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1926. p. 694.