Leo Sunday

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Leo Ludwig August Eugen Sontag (born June 8, 1857 in Minden , † July 13, 1929 in Hamburg ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Leo was the son of the later Prussian major general Guido Sontag (1821-1889) and his wife Karoline, née Hofmann (1827-1893). The later Prussian Lieutenant General Guido Sontag (1858–1931) was his brother.

Military career

After his education in the Cadet Corps , Sontag was transferred to Second Lieutenant in the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment No. 34 of the Prussian Army in Stettin on April 23, 1874 . He was promoted to prime lieutenant on November 1, 1884 and as such was transferred to the Hessian Jäger Battalion No. 11 in Marburg on February 14, 1885 . As a company officer he was assigned to the Potsdam NCO School on October 1, 1887 . À la suite of the 3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 66 , he was commanded on October 1, 1888 and as a company commander to the non-commissioned officers' school in Weilburg . On December 14, 1889, he was promoted to captain . After being transferred to the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 , Sontag was appointed chief of the 12th Company in Lübeck on March 22, 1891 . From July 20 to September 3, 1892 he was assigned to the infantry shooting school in Spandau . From September 17, 1892 he was a regular member of the infantry shooting school under position à la suite of his regiment.

With the provisional retention in his position and under transfer, Sontag was placed à la suite of the 4th Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 164 on May 22, 1899 and promoted to the superfluous major . He was transferred to the Infantry Regiment "von Courbière" (2nd Posensches) No. 19 on January 18, 1901 and appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in Görlitz . As a lieutenant colonel , he was transferred to the staff of the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment No. 34 on April 10, 1906 . This was followed by his use in the 3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 66 . Initially, Sontag was commissioned with the command of this regiment and, with simultaneous promotion to colonel , was appointed commander on January 27, 1909. Sontag gave up this post on November 18, 1909 and was in command of the infantry shooting school until April 21, 1912. He then took over command of the 33rd Infantry Brigade in Altona while being promoted to major general . With effect from October 1, 1912, Sontag was appointed inspector of the hunters and riflemen while at the same time taking charge of the command of the Reitende Feldjägerkorps . His achievements were recognized on January 16, 1914 when he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, Second Class with Oak Leaves.

During the First World War , Sontag commanded the 41st Division from August 2 to September 16, 1914 . In the battle of Tannenberg he warned in vain against an advance on Waplitz ; in the battle of Waplitz on August 28th his division suffered a heavy defeat, 2,861 soldiers were killed. From October 7, 1914 to February 22, 1915 he commanded the 18th Reserve Division . On March 22, 1915, Sontag was promoted to lieutenant general. Subsequently he was in command of the 56th Division from June 30, 1915 to June 17, 1916 , the 113th Division from June 18, 1916 to February 24, 1917 , March 1 to September 4, 1917 the German Alpine Corps and from September 5 to November 2, 1917 the 5th replacement division .

With seniority from December 3, 1918, Sontag was given the character of General of the Infantry.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. Part A. Verlag Justus Perthes , Gotha 1943, p. 454.
  2. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , p. 148, no. 2794.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 46 of April 12, 1906, p. 1042.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 117/119 of September 14, 1912, p. 2664.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 9 of January 18, 1914, p. 158.
  6. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 30 of September 6, 1919, p. 597.
personal data
SURNAME Sunday, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sontag, Leo Ludwig August Eugen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Minden
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1929
Place of death Hamburg