In the Battle of Abensberg on 19 – 20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Louis of Austria and General Johann von Hiller.

* 1914 – World War I: Battle of Stallupönen – The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.

* Also the Bavarian Major General and War Minister Moritz Ritter von Spies ( 1805 – 1862 ) was born in Ansbach.

He entered the Kriegsakademie ( also cited as " The German War School ," the " Military Academy in Berlin ," and the " Prussian Military Academy ") in Berlin in 1801 ( age 21 ), studied the writings of the philosopher Immanuel Kant, and won the regard of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, the future first chief of staff of the new Prussian Army ( appointed 1809 ).

In the latter part of the war, Germany was practically a military dictatorship, with the Supreme High Command ( German: OHL, " Oberste Heeresleitung ") and General Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg as commander-in-chief advising the Kaiser.

On November 18, von Hindenburg testified in front of this parliamentary commission, and cited a December 17, 1918 Neue Zürcher Zeitung article that summarized two earlier articles in the Daily Mail by British General Frederick Barton Maurice with the phrase that the German army had been ' dagger-stabbed from behind by the civilian populace ' (" von der Zivilbevölkerung von hinten erdolcht .").

* 1943 – World War II: Tunisia Campaign – General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

* Ludolf von Alvensleben SS General

* Freiherr Karl von Eberstein SS General

He recruited regulars and assigned Baron and General Friedrich von Steuben, a veteran of the Prussian general staff, to train them.

The next spring, however, the army emerged from Valley Forge in good order, thanks in part to a full-scale training program supervised by General von Steuben.

This image seems to have been popularized by the assassination of the former Chancellor General Kurt von Schleicher in 1934.

General von Schleicher and his wife were gunned down in their Berlin home by three men dressed in black trench coats and wearing black fedoras.

The killers of General von Schleicher were widely believed to have been Gestapo men.

At a press conference held later the same day, Hermann Göring was asked by foreign correspondents to respond to a hot rumour that General von Schleicher had been murdered in his home.

Röhm lobbied Hitler to appoint him Minister of Defence, a position held by conservative General Werner von Blomberg.

German General Lothar von Trotha implemented an extermination policy at the Battle of Waterberg, which drove the Herero west of the Kalahari Desert.

He did not have authority over the 400, 000 regular German Army forces stationed in Norway which were the command of General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, but he did command a personal force of around 6, 000 men, of whom 800 were part of the secret police.

Their change of heart occurred after General Kurt von Schleicher ousted von Papen in December 1932.

Of the two references, General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, the German military attaché in London, commented that Ribbentrop had been a brave soldier in World War I, while the wife of the Italian Ambassador to Germany, Elisabetta Cerruti, called Ribbentrop " one of the most diverting of the Nazis ".

Besides appointing Weizsäcker State Secretary, Ribbentrop fired Ulrich von Hassell as Ambassador to Italy and replaced him with Mackensen, appointed Herbert von Dirksen to London to serve as his successor as Ambassador to Britain and prompted the military attaché in Tokyo General Eugen Ott to Ambassador to replace Dirksen.

These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R. Regarding the Femegerichte murders, Ossietzky wrote: " Lieutenant Schulz ( charged with the murder of informers against the Black Reichswehr ) did nothing but carry out the orders given him, and that certainly Colonel von Bock, and probably Colonel von Schleicher and General Seeckt, should be sitting in the dock beside him ".

In November 2005, Michel Bock won the Governor General ’ s Literary Award in the category of Non-fiction for the book Quand la nation débordait les frontières: les minorités françaises dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx ( When the nation overflowed its borders: the French minorities in the thoughts of Lionel Groulx ).

To his north Army Group B under General Fedor von Bock faced the Dutch and Belgian borders, while to his south Army Group C under General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb faced the French along the Maginot Line.

Regarding the Femegerichte murders, Carl von Ossietzky wrote: " Lieutenant Schulz ( charged with the murder of informers against the " Black Reichswehr ") did nothing but carry out the orders given him, and that certainly Colonel von Bock, and probably Colonel von Schleicher and General Seeckt, should be sitting in the dock beside him ".

A year later, Bock attended the War Academy in Berlin, and after a year ′ s study he joined the ranks of the General Staff.

These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R. Regarding the Femegerichte murders, Carl von Ossietzky wrote: " Lieutenant Schulz ( charged with the murder of informers against the " Black Reichswehr ") did nothing but carry out the orders given him, and that certainly Colonel von Bock, and probably Colonel von Schleicher and General Seeckt, should be sitting in the dock beside him ".

In 1935, Adolf Hitler appointed General von Bock as commander of the Third Army Group.

General von Bock commanded the invasion of Vienna in March 1938 for the Anschluss and then the invasion of Czechoslovakia, before leading German armies into World War II.

These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R. Regarding the Femegerichte murders, Carl von Ossietzky wrote: " Lieutenant Schulz ( charged with the murder of informers against the " Black Reichswehr ") did nothing but carry out the orders given him, and that certainly Colonel von Bock, and probably Colonel von Schleicher and General Seeckt, should be sitting in the dock beside him ".

Army Group North was commanded by Colonel General Fedor von Bock.

** 11th Infantry Division-Commanded by General Max Bock.

Eberhardt convinced General Fedor von Bock a ground attack was not possible.

Bock had warned Paulus not to counterattack immediately without air support, although this was later reconsidered when several Soviet tank brigades broke through General Walter Heitz's VIII Corps in the Volchansk sector, which was only 12 miles away from Kharkov, constituting a grave threat to the Germans.

Commanded by General Fedor von Bock

As I have stated previously, the Attorney General has advised me that this section violates fundamental constitutional principles.

He introduced the secret ballot ; advised the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada ; the establishment of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston in 1874 ; the creation of the Office of the Auditor General in 1878 ; and struggled to continue progress on the national railway.

After the war, Fermi served for a short time on the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, a scientific committee chaired by J. Robert Oppenheimer which advised the commission on nuclear matters and policy.

The Minister of National Defence Art Eggleton advised Governor General Adrienne Clarkson to authorize more than 100 Canadian Forces members serving on military exchange programs in the United States and other countries to participate in U. S. operations in Afghanistan.

Lenin advised Trotsky to emphasize Stalin ’ s recent bureaucratic alignment in such matters ( e. g. undermining the anti-bureaucratic Workers ’ and Peasants ’ Inspection ), and argued to depose Stalin as General Secretary.

Grant met with his senior General, William T. Sherman, who advised he was prepared to attack the Confederate stronghold of equal numbers at Corinth, Mississippi.

In 1926 King advised the Governor General, Lord Byng, to dissolve Parliament and call another election, but Byng refused, the only time in Canadian history that the Governor General has exercised such a power.

As Lee considered surrender, Longstreet advised him of his belief that Grant would treat them fairly, but as Lee rode toward Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, Longstreet said, " General, if he does not give us good terms, come back and let us fight it out.

That evening, French Army chief of staff, General de Castelnau, advised his commander-in-chief, General Joffre, that the French Second Army, under General Philippe Pétain, ought to be urgently brought up to reinforce the Verdun sector.

Under the recent constitutional reforms, the Lord Advocate has become an officer of the Scottish Government, while the United Kingdom Government is advised on Scots law by the Advocate General for Scotland.

At midnight General Dietrich Kraiss, commander of the 352nd division, reporting the total loss of men and equipment in the coastal positions, advised that he had sufficient forces to contain the Americans on D + 1 but that he would need reinforcements thereafter, only to be told that there were no more reserves available.

General Pietro Badoglio advised King Victor Emmanuel III that he could easily sweep Mussolini and his rag-tag Blackshirt army to one side, but Victor Emmanuel decided to tolerate Mussolini and appointed him as prime minister on October 28, 1922.

In 2002, director Richard Loncraine persuaded Barker to appear as Winston Churchill's butler David Inches in the BBC-HBO drama The Gathering Storm and then cast him in the larger role of the General in the TV film My House in Umbria in 2003, alongside Maggie Smith ( whom he had, early in their careers, advised to give up acting as he felt she would not be a success ).

General Taylor advised the President on military matters, intelligence, and Cold War planning and paid special attention to the continuing Berlin crisis and growing difficulties in Indochina.

At the 35th Annual General Meeting in August 1954 the chairman advised the profound regret of the board and all associated with the company, including the users of the some 65, 000 vehicles which had been made since 1946, for their joint circumstances.

A widely reported case is the that of the London borough where a workshop leaflet called " Cultural Awareness: General Problems " advised against using them.

General Sherman advised Custer not to leave Washington before meeting personally with President Grant.

Visitors to Edna Bay without a local contact would be well advised to bring with them everything needed for remote outdoor survival, although food and a limited selection of non-food supplies can be purchased at the General Store located approx.

General Johnston, who was crossing James Winchester ’ s property ( now present-day Murray Parkway Golf Course ), advised Winchester to pursue a homestead patent.

" In the state in which they were left by the General, to be free at her death, she did not feel as tho her Life was safe in their Hands, many of whom would be told that it was their interest to get rid of her – She therefore was advised to set them all free at the close of the year .–" ( A.

When Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy advised his brother to sever his ties to Sinatra because of the entertainer's association with Mafia figures such as Sam Giancana, the stay was cancelled.