[Hugo Ewald] von Kirchbach Corp Prussian Lieutenant-General in Uniform Official Portrait
Original Grave [on steel], Leipzig ND(1890s). From photography. Publisher and Printer von Weger, Leipzig.
One side print. Size 208 x 278 mm. Near Fine condition: mainly clean sheet with lt. stains and small pollution,
minor defects, traces of time (see pictures).
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Hugo Ewald von Kirchbach, from 1880 Graf von Kirchbach (1809 - 1887) was a Prussian general of the infantry.
At the outbreak of the war against France, Kirchbach received the command of the V. Army Corps on July 18, 1870
and was promoted to the general of the infantry on August 10, 1870. He took an excellent proportion of the battle
of Weißenburg and at the Battle of Wörth, where he was easily wounded on the neck. In the Battle of Sedan
(September 1, 1870), the task of closing the ring to the north, which clutched the French army by gaining feelings
with the Maas Army coming from the east and moving the French army the way. By filling September 19, 1870,
he completed the siege of Paris in the southwest and had to cover King Wilhelm I and the Crown Prince in Versailles
until February 9, 1871. He cut back all the failures of the Parisians, also the last major failure of January 19, 1871
(Battle of Mont Valéria). In February he marched to Orléans with his corps, in March to Vesoul. On May 16, 1871,
he was appointed commanding general of the Army Corps. For his merits in this war, the oak leaf was awarded to
the Pour Le Mérite, the Großkreuz of the Württemberg Military Ordering Order and the Cross of Commander
of the Military Max Joseph Order. In addition, the Prussian king granted him a dopping of 100,000 talers.