Steinmetz, CARL FRIEDRICH VON, Prussian general, born at Eisenach on 27th December 1796, fought through the campaign of 1813-14, winning the iron cross for valour, and in the war of 1866 routed three successive Austrian corps (June 27-29). On the outbreak of the Franco-German war of 1870 he was put in command of the right wing of the German advance; but he proved unequal to the task committed to him, especially at Gravelotte, and after that battle was nominated governor-general of Posen and Silesia. He died at Bad Landeck on 4th August 1877.
Steinmetz, CARL FRIEDRICH VON
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 714
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