Paul Fleck

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General Paul Fleck

Paul Fleck (born June 26, 1859 in Groß-Glogau , † February 16, 1921 in Kleinmenow ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

Fleck joined the 1st Posensche Infantry Regiment No. 18 of the Prussian Army in Osterode on April 15, 1876 , coming from the cadet corps as a second lieutenant . From June 20, 1879 to November 14, 1882, he initially acted as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, then until September 2, 1884 in the same function with the 1st Battalion. Subsequently, Fleck was commanded to the War Academy until July 21, 1887 and in the meantime promoted to Prime Lieutenant on April 15, 1886 . On April 1, 1888, he was assigned to the main cadet institute as an educator for over a year. Left in this position, Fleck was transferred to the Grenadier Regiment “Prince Carl of Prussia” (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12 to Frankfurt (Oder) on July 21, 1889 . From March 22, 1891, Fleck served as a military teacher at the Hauptkadettenanstalt while at the same time being promoted to captain . Fleck then began his service with Grenadier Regiment No. 12 on March 19, 1896 and was used there shortly afterwards from April 1, 1896 as a company commander . From December 17, 1898, Fleck was active as an aggregated major and as such was commander of the III. Battalions. With effect from April 24, 1904, Fleck was appointed commander of the Anklam War School on April 24, 1904 . As Lieutenant Colonel (April 22, 1905) spot on 18 February 1908, the leadership of was Infantry Regiment "Prince Maurice of Anhalt-Dessau" (5th Pomeranian) No. 42 commissioned and to coincide with the promotion to colonel on 21. March 1908 commander of the regiment. From March 9, 1912 Major General Fleck acted as commander of the 27th Infantry Brigade in Düsseldorf .

With the outbreak of World War I , Fleck was appointed commander of the 14th Division on August 1, 1914 , which was deployed on the Western Front . First she took part in the siege of Liège and captured the forts Embourg , Lantin , Boncelles and de Loncin . After the fall of the city, the division advanced through Belgium to France as part of the VII Army Corps and fought among others. a. in the battle of St. Quentin and the Marne . In recognition of his services in the fighting for Neuve-Chapelle , Fleck was appointed leader of the VIII Reserve Corps on January 2, 1915, as one of the youngest lieutenant general (since August 19, 1914) in the army . He joined the corps on the western front in the front section of the Champagne and was once again able to prove himself in the battle there . This was followed on September 7, 1916, his appointment as commanding general of the XVII. Army Corps with which he took part in the fighting during the Battle of the Somme . On February 19, 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II appointed him leader of the General Command z. b. V. No. 62 in Macedonia , from where he led the German troops back home after the armistice between Bulgaria and the Entente .

Shortly before the end of the war, Fleck was submitted to the oak leaves of the Pour le Mérite, which was no longer awarded to him due to the outbreak of the revolution and the associated end of the monarchy. His general command was dissolved on October 27, 1918, Fleck was transferred to the army officers and retired on November 23, 1918.

Fleck received the character of General of the Infantry on October 6, 1919 .

Awards

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1999. ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 . Pp. 364-365.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe publishing house. Berlin 1935, pp. 273-275.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 76
personal data
SURNAME Stain, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Groß-Glogau
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1921
Place of death Little Menow