Joseph Krautwald from Annau

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Joseph Krautwald from Annau

Joseph Krautwald von Annau , from 1918 Freiherr, (born October 1, 1858 in Vienna , † April 13, 1925 in Pressburg ) was an Austro-Hungarian infantry general .

Life

Military career

After graduating from the Technical Military Academy in Vienna, he was retired in 1879 as a lieutenant in Genie Regiment No. 2. In 1888 he became a captain and from 1889 he was in the service of the Genie Corps in Brno . From 1892 to 1896 he served in the troop service with the Pioneer Battalion No. 2 in Linz . In 1896 he became major and commander of the Pioneer Battalion No. 4 in Pettau . After being appointed lieutenant colonel on November 1, 1900, he served until 1910 in Infantry Regiment No. 96. On June 3, 1904, he became Colonel and from 1906 commander of Infantry Regiment No. 96. At the same time, he acted as a teacher of tactics and War history at the officers' school in Agram . On May 19, 1910 he was promoted to major general and took over the leadership of the 53rd Infantry Brigade in Kosice . In 1912 he was commander of the 34th Infantry Troop Division in Temešvár and on May 11, 1913 promoted to field marshal lieutenant.

In the first World War

At the beginning of the war in August 1914, Krautwald's division (67th and 68th Brigade) was still at the Serbian theater of war and intervened in the battle of Galicia as part of the VII Corps (General of Infantry Meixner , later Fail-Griessler) at the end of August . After the defeat on the Wereszyca , the 34th Division had to retreat to Chyrow to the San as part of the 2nd Army . In November 1914 Krautwald resulted in the Carpathian Mountains in the 3rd Army , a group (200th and 201st Brigade) which in the space Homonna had to stop the breakthrough of the Russian XXIV. Army Corps in Laborczatal. He put the 35th Division (Major General Kornhaber) in the Udava valley in the direction of Tögyeshegy to encircle it. During the winter battle in the Carpathian Mountains in January 1915, Krautwald took command of the X. Corps, to which the 2nd, 21st, 34th Infantry and 43rd Rifle Divisions were subordinate. In March 1915 he was commanding general of the III. Corps with whom he participated in the defense of the Pruthline with the Army Group Planter-Baltin on the Dniester . After the successful spring offensive in 1915 , the III. Corps relocated to the new Italian front, where it was deployed with the 22nd, 26th and 28th Divisions on the extreme south wing of the Isonzo Front. Krautwald's corps fought in the Third and Fourth Isonzo Battles as part of the 5th Army under General Boroevic at the end of 1915 . In May 1916, transferred to the 3rd Army on the south-eastern border of Tyrol , the III. Corps the successful push against the Italian 1st Army , which led to the capture of Asiago ( South Tyrol offensive ). On May 13, 1917, Krautwald was promoted to general of the infantry and took part in the battle of Monte Ortigara in June as part of the 11th Army ( Scheuchenstuel ). Krautwald's corps successfully withstood the Italian attacks in further defensive battles and achieved the last successes of the autumn offensive in December 1917 by conquering the Mte. Sisemol. In November the 6th, 18th and 18th divisions were subordinate to the Krautwald group in the seven communities . In January 1918 he was relieved of his post for health reasons. In recognition of this, he was made a privy councilor and made a baron.

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personal data
SURNAME Krautwald von Annau, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krautwald, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian general in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1925
Place of death Pressburg