Gustav von Wocher

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Gustav von Wocher zu Oberlochau and Hausen (born September 4, 1781 in Ludwigsburg , † March 25, 1858 in Vienna ), was an Imperial Austrian field weapon master .

Life

Military career

After attending school in Ludwigsburg, he joined the Tyrolean Rifle Corps as a cadet on June 28, 1798 , where he was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 25 and promoted to ensign on December 6th . In the War of the Second Coalition used it fell already in March 1799 during a skirmish in French captivity.

After his release he was promoted to second lieutenant on November 10, 1800 and transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 3 on January 30, 1804. During the campaign of 1805 he fell again into captivity near Ulm and rose to captain on September 1, 1808 . In the following coalition war of 1809 he was with his regiment in southern Germany in the association of the V Corps and was again taken prisoner on April 23 at Neumarkt . In the War of Liberation of 1813 he fought in Germany, then in 1814 and 1815 in Italy, in 1816 he came to Vienna, where he was promoted to major on September 20, 1820 . In 1823 he was appointed adjutant of the General Command of Lower Austria , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 21, 1828 . On March 30, 1830, he was promoted to colonel and took command of Infantry Regiment No. 17, most of which were in Italian garrisons. On May 5, 1835 he was promoted to major general , at the same time he took over a brigade in Milan and later in Vienna. On November 14, 1842, he was appointed holder of Infantry Regiment No. 25 and promoted to Lieutenant Field Marshal on May 31, 1844 . In the same year Wocher took over the leadership of a division in Lombardy , which he commanded until the outbreak of the revolt in Milan.

Revolutionary War in Italy 1848/49

After the outbreak of the Milan uprising (March 1848) Wocher's troops had to return to the glacis of the Verona fortress . Field Marshal Graf von Radetzky had left the original garrison, the Wohlgemuth Brigade and Archduke Sigismund behind to cover Pastrengo . In the three-day battle near Pastrengo (April 28-30), Wocher distinguished himself for the first time as commander of these two brigades. After Radetzky's counter-offensive began, he took over the newly established I. Reserve Corps, which consisted of 11 battalions , 28 squadrons and 79 guns and numbered around 12,000 men. FML Wocher proved himself so brilliantly in the defense of Verona that he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class. His corps built bridges at Salionze and supported Radetzky's main army in the battle of Custozza (1848) . The I. Reserve Corps formed the army reserve behind the center at Oliosi.

In November 1849 he was appointed the commanding general of the IX. Corps in Illyria and promoted to privy councilor in December of the same year . On April 5, 1850 he was given the character of a Feldzeugmeister and retired on April 16. General von Wocher died unmarried in 1858, he had a high humanistic education and was also an excellently trained landscape painter.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to ADB, the BLKÖ writes 1779
personal data
SURNAME Wocher, Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wocher zu Oberlochau and Hausen, Gustav von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Feldzeugmeister
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1858
Place of death Vienna