Helmuth von Gordon

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Helmuth von Gordon

Helmuth von Gordon (born July 30, 1811 in Kolberg , † December 26, 1889 in Dresden ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Helmuth came from the originally Scottish noble family Gordon . He was the son of Joseph Maximilian von Gordon (1772–1847) and his wife, born von Engelbrecht. His father was a saline inspector in Kolberg and a Prussian lieutenant a. D. , most recently in the “von Borcke” infantry regiment .

Military career

Gordon visited in his youth from April 1824 the Cadets houses Kulm and Berlin . On July 26, 1828, he was transferred to the 4th Rifle Division of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . Gordon graduated from General War School from 1831 to 1834 and then became an adjutant of the 3rd Rifle Division. From 1837 to 1840 he then worked as a teacher at the division school of the 13th Division . Gordon was then assigned to the topographic office. On April 1, 1843, he was transferred as adjutant to the 11th Infantry Brigade and just under three weeks later he was promoted to prime lieutenant . As a captain and company commander, Gordon returned to his parent unit on December 11, 1847, which was now called the 6th Jägerabteilung. The following year, Gordon was transferred to the 7th Jäger Battalion as a company commander in Düsseldorf . In May 1849 he was with his battalion at the crackdown on street fighting in Wroclaw in use. As a major , Gordon was active in the General Staff of the 4th Division from mid-June 1853 and switched to the General Staff of the II Army Corps in March 1857 . He then took over the fusilier battalion of the 18th Infantry Regiment on May 16, 1857 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 22, 1858 in this position . Gordon was from June 14, 1859 to May 7, 1860 commander of the 7th Landwehr mobile regiment and was then commissioned to command the 7th combined infantry regiment. With his promotion to colonel on July 1, 1860, Gordon was appointed commander of the 47th Infantry Regiment . In December 1863 he moved with his regiment to occupy the border to Ostrowo . Under position à la suite , Gordon gave up the regiment on May 3, 1864 and was entrusted with the command of the 14th Infantry Brigade. With the promotion to major general on June 25, 1864 he was then commander of this brigade .

With the brigade, Gordon was leader of the vanguard of the 7th Division during the war against Austria in 1866 . He proved himself in the battles near Münchengrätz and Blumenau . During the Battle of Königgrätz he managed to take the heights at Cistowes and defend it against superior attacks until the situation eased with the arrival of the 2nd Army. After the end of the war, Gordon received for this achievement on September 20, 1866 the highest Prussian valor award, the order Pour le Mérite .

On October 30, 1866, Gordon was promoted to command of the 11th Division and on December 31, 1866 with a patent from October 30, 1866 promoted to lieutenant general. With the large association he was used during the Franco-German War in the bombardment of Pfalzburg and Toul as well as the battle near Moulin Saquet. After the war, Gordon was on 24 October 1871 awarding of the character as General of Infantry with board for disposition made.

family

Gordon had married Bertha Jeanette Anne von Schickfuß from the Ellguth family, widowed von Saufin (1822–1899) , on July 14, 1848 in Breslau . He had two children with her:

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SURNAME Gordon, Helmuth von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolberg
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1889
Place of death Dresden