Karl von Borries

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Karl Julius Wilhelm Leo von Borries (born November 26, 1854 in Bilstein (Lennestadt) , † March 3, 1938 in Lüneburg ) was a Prussian officer , most recently a general of the infantry .

Life

origin

Karl was the son of Adolf von Borries (born March 21, 1825 in Charlottenburg ; † April 1, 1888 in Ensisheim ) and his wife Auguste Johanne Marie, née Crome (born September 5, 1829 in Markoldendorf ; † April 8, 1910 in Strasbourg ). His father was a police superintendent and public prosecutor .

Military career

Borries joined the Prussian Army as a one-year volunteer on October 1, 1870 during the Franco-German War and served in the first provision column of the XIII. Army Corps. After the end of the war, he was released to the reserve on June 30, 1871 .

On January 29, 1872, Borries entered an active service as a flag junior in the fusilier regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" (Brandenburgisches) No. 35 . Here he was appointed ensign shortly afterwards on August 15, 1872 and promoted to second lieutenant on April 12, 1873 . As such, he was assigned to the Prussian War Academy for further training from October 1, 1876 to July 23, 1879, with an interim transfer to the Rhenish Jäger Battalion No. 8. Here Borries became Prime Lieutenant on March 22, 1881 . On May 1, 1882, he was assigned to the General Staff and was transferred to the Pomeranian Jäger Battalion "Fürst Bismarck" No. 2 on August 1, 1882, leaving this command. Borries was then from February 11, 1886 to 5. August 1887 in the Guard Jäger Battalion in Potsdam and was then promoted to captain company commander in the Kurhessischer Jäger Battalion No. 11 in Marburg . In the following year Borries returned in the same position in the Guard Rifle Battalion and served here until May 29, 1896. He was then transferred as a major to the 1st Badische Leib-Grenadier-Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe and here for the Commander of the 2nd Battalion appointed. Borries was transferred to Marburg on June 17, 1897, where he commanded the Kurhessian Jäger Battalion No. 11 until November 14, 1904 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 22, 1902 . Then Borries was transferred to Glogau and entrusted with the leadership of the 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58 . With his promotion to colonel on January 27, 1905, he was appointed regimental commander. Four years later, Borries gave up the regiment, became major general and, as such, commander of the 84th Infantry Brigade in Lahr . Under awarding of the character as a lieutenant general , he was on 13 September 1911 Commander of Altona . In this position Borries was also in command of the troops in Hamburg and Wandsbek.

When the First World War broke out, Borries initially remained in his post and on September 22, 1914, he became the commander of the 33rd Reserve Infantry Brigade. With her he took part in the trench warfare of the IX. Reserve Corps in Northern France. On March 3, 1915, Borries received the patent for his rank as well as the appointment to commander of the newly formed 52nd Division . First he was deployed with his division in the Artois , then Borries led the large unit in the Battle of the Somme . After the end of the battle, she remained in trench warfare for some time, then was relieved and relocated to quieter positions in Upper Alsace. From mid-April 1917 he fought on the Aisne and finally on the Chemin des Dames . From here his division moved to Champagne in November and was preparing for the German spring offensive . At the beginning of the Michael Offensive on March 21, 1918, the division served with the 18th Army on the Avre north of Montdidier and later on the left wing of the 7th Army . From May 27th to June 3rd Borries fought in the battle of Soissons and Reims and with his division was able to overcome the opposing resistance at Juvincourt and the forest of Viller, inflict heavy losses on the Englishmen lying there and on over the Aisne and the Aisne -Channel advance. In the next few days, Borries Division covered 50 km and brought numerous guns and 6,000 prisoners before it was pulled from the front on June 2, 1918. On June 13, 1918, he received the highest award for bravery in Prussia, the order Pour le Mérite, for his achievements .

After further fighting in Flanders and on the Arras front, the division was in the battle of Monchy-Bapaume. Then Borries withdrew to the Siegfried Line and suffered heavy losses in the defensive battles between the Argonne and the Meuse . On October 22, 1918 Borries was relieved of his post and appointed commanding general of the Deputy II Army Corps in Stettin .

After the end of the war, Borries was put up for disposition on December 19, 1918 and passed on January 9, 1920 with the status of General of the Infantry. The seniority was set on December 19, 1918.

family

Borries married Elise Hulda Werner (born April 28, 1853 in Berlin, † June 19, 1927 in Bad Pyrmont ) in Berlin on September 17, 1877 . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Dorothea Emilie Auguste (born June 3, 1878 in Berlin; † October 18, 1957 in Scharnebeck )
  • Bodo Kurt Werner Georg (born October 21, 1880 in Zabern ; † June 5, 1881 in Zabern)
  • Ruth Eleonore Elisabeth Martha (born April 22, 1888 in Marburg ; † May 27, 1974 in Lüneburg )

Awards

literature

  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A – L, Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, pp. 125–127
  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A – G, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 161-163

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family chronicle
  2. ↑ life data
  3. ↑ life data
  4. ↑ life data
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 125
personal data
SURNAME Borries, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karl Julius Wilhelm Leo von Borries (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, most recently general of the infantry in World War I.
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Bilstein (Lennestadt)
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1938
Place of death Luneburg