Otto von Garnier explained

Honorific Prefix:General der Kavallerie
Otto von Garnier
Birth Date:1 May 1858
Birth Place:Prudnik, Prussia
Death Place:Hechingen, West Germany
Placeofburial:Baden-Baden cemetery
Birth Name:Otto Wladislaus Eduard Konstantin von Garnier
Allegiance: (to 1918)
Serviceyears:1876–1918
Rank:General of the Cavalry
Commands:
Battles:World War I

Otto Wladislaus Eduard Konstantin von Garnier (pronounced as /de/; 1 May 1858 – 17 June 1947) was a German General of the Cavalry during World War I.

Life and army career

Otto von Garnier was born in Neustadt in Oberschlesien (currently Prudnik, Poland) as a son of a Prussian, Lieutenant Otto Wladislaus Aloys Joseph Ernst Eduard von Garnier (1830–1908), and his wife Agnes Laurette von Mitzlaff (1837–1914).

On 1 October 1876 von Garnier joined the Husaren-Regiment „Graf Goetzen“ Nr. 6 as a Fahnenjunker. Later, he became a Rittmeister and joined the Großer Generalstab in Berlin. He was promoted to major on 22 March 1897, and an Oberstleutnant on 11 September 1903.

During World War I he served as a division- and corps-level commander of Imperial German troops. He was in command of 4th Cavalry Division, which was part of the force that moved into neutral Belgium to invest the fortress city of Liege.[1] [2] He was severely wounded at Ciechanów on 21 November 1914. In August - September 1915, at the head of the cavalry corps, he led the Sventsyansky breakthrough (Конница в Виленской операции 1915-го). He was awarded with a Pour le Mérite on 17 October 1916.[3] He replaced Erich von Gündell as a commander of V. Reservekorps and Franz von Soden as a commander of VII. Reservekorps.[4] [5] Garnier retired from active duty in March 1918. His daughter Huberta had married General of the Infantry Dietrich von Choltitz.[6]

Awards[7]

References

Взаимодействие конницы с конной артиллерией / Битва Гвардий - https://btgv.ru/history/troops-history/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%8E/interaction-of-cavalry-with-horse-artillery/

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Retreat from Mons 1914: South: The Western Front by Car, by bike and on Foot. Cooksey. Jon. Murland. Jerry. 2014-10-31. Pen and Sword. 9781473823365. en.
  2. Web site: Slagorde van het Duitse leger in 1914, organisatie in vredestijd, mobilisatie en concentratie, 1 Army, iI. A. K., iII. A. K.. divamelinga.com. nl. 2018-06-04.
  3. Web site: Otto von Garnier. prussianmachine.com. 2018-06-03.
  4. Book: Lossberg, Fritz von. Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of a German Chief of Staff. 2017-08-17. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813169828. en.
  5. Web site: Namenlos. Ochsler. Hubertus. www.deutsche-kriegsgeschichte.de. 2018-06-04.
  6. Web site: General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz. Choltitz. Timo von. www.choltitz.de. 2018-06-04.
  7. Book: Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee und des XIII. (Königlich Württembergischen) Armeekorps für 1914. E.S. Mittler & Sohn. 1914. Berlin. 115.