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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz; April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was an American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical ...
Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (27 December 1796 – 2 August 1877) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He was born at Eisenach and joined the army of Prussia during the War of Liberation . Over the Seven Weeks' War he led the V Corps against Austria and became known as the Lion of Nachod for his victories as the Battles of Nachod , Skalitz ...
Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz: Major Generalfeldmarschall Army 19 September 1848 16 June 1871 Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz: Hauptmann Generalmajor Army 1807 1815 Anatoly Stessel: Generalleutnant Russian Army: 10 January 1905 —
The Battle of Gravelotte (or Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat) on 18 August 1870 was the largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War.Named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine, it was fought about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Metz, where on the previous day, having intercepted the French army's retreat to the west at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, the Prussians were now closing in to complete the ...
He ordered his divisions to again attack the Austrian X Corps. The divisions and the Guards Corps fought a tactical victory for Prussia. The Prussians lost 713 men in the battle while the Austrians lost 3,674 men. On the same day the V Corps, commanded by Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, was fighting against the Austrians at Česká Skalice ...
August Wilhelm Graf von Kanitz (1839–1842) - later Prussian Minister of War (1848) August von Stockhausen (1848) - later Prussian Minister of War (1850–1851) Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1857–1863) - later a Generalfeldmarschall; Julius von Verdy du Vernois (1883–1887) - military theorist, Prussian Minister of War (1889–1890)
Steinmetz was detained in Cyprus in late August on an outstanding warrant issued by Romania over a land rights' case. The decision of the Cypriot court was unanimous and it ordered Steinmetz be ...
Map of Prussian and German offensive, 5–6 August 1870. The Germans crossed the frontier on 4 August. They encountered lively opposition before the walls of Wissembourg which they subdued by bringing up artillery, This battle had not been planned by Moltke, who wished to keep Bazaine's army along the Saar river until he could attack it with the 2nd army in front and 1st army on its left flank ...