Herwarth von Bittenfeld, KARL EBERHARD

Herwarth von Bittenfeld, KARL EBERHARD, Prussian general, was born in 1796, and gained his first laurels in the war of liberation, especially in the battle of Leipzig. In 1864, raised to the rank of general, he acquired great fame through his daring capture of the isle of Alsen. In the campaign of 1866 he was entrusted with the occupation of Saxony, and then with the command of the army which advanced from Saxony into Bohemia. He contributed largely to the brilliant victories of Hühnerwasser, Münchengrätz, and Königgrätz. In 1870, on the outbreak of the Franco-German war, he was made governor of the Rhine provinces, in 1871 a general field-marshal; and he died at Bonn, 2d September 1884. In the war of 1866 one of his sons fell; in that of 1870 two were killed.