Sigismund Wilhelm Lorenz von Schlichting ( Events January 8 - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke - his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust premieres March 4 - Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America. March 22 - Greece receives... 1829- 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January – March January 16 - Ernest Shackletons expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. January 28 - United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War. February 12 - The National Association for the Advancement... 1909) was a The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad... Prussian soldier and military theorist, perhaps best known for his participation in the debates over infantry tactics in the 1880's and 1890's.

Schlichting was born in For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). Berlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4.5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and... Berlin, the son of a Prussian general who was then the commander of the Kriegsakademie (War Academy). In many respects his early career was typical: he matriculated in the cadet corps and received his commission as a lieutenant at the age of 18. Instead of attending the War Academy, however, he was educated at the universities of The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. The University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn am Rhein) was founded on October 18, 1818, by the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III, who had been ruling the Rhineland as a part of Prussia since 1815. The universitys... Bonn and Göttingen. In 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States January 9 - Mississippi... 1861 he was promoted to captain and given the command of a company. He saw action against The Republic of Austria ( German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The state is a representative democracy... Austria in the The Austro-Prussian War (also called the Seven Weeks War) was a war fought between Austria and Prussia in 1866 that resulted in Prussian dominance in Germany. In Germany and Austria it is called Deutsch-Deutscher Krieg or Bruderkrieg (war of brothers) Causes For centuries, the Holy Roman Emperors in... Seven Weeks War of 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January – June January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon - Turks are defeated January 12 - Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 - 800 Maronite troops clash with Ottoman troops... 1866, and at the end of that year was promoted to major and seconded to the The German General Staff or Großer Generalstab was the most important German weapon for nearly two centuries. History Prussia was first among nations to create a separate standing unit dedicated entirely to the rational planning of all aspects of War. It was the work of the Prussian General staff... General Staff. Schlichting returned to the line in 1870 and commanded an infantry battalion in the Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. At Sedan on September 2, the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with... Franco-Prussian War.

In 1872 Schlichting was appointed chief of staff of the VII Army Corps, based in Münster, a post which he held for two years. From 1874 to 1878 he commanded an infantry regiment at Spandau is the westernmost borough (Bezirk) of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel. It encompasses an area of 91.91 km² and has (as of 2003) about 226.100 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Konrad Birkholz (CDU... Spandau, after which he was made chief of staff of the Guard Corps, a highly prestigious position. From 1884 until 1896 Schlichting held a series of field commands, finishing as commander of the XIV Army Corps (1888-1896). Sigismund von Schlichting retired from active service in 1896 and died in 1909.

Partial list of works

• Taktische und strategische Grundsätze der Gegenwart. ( See also: 1897 in literature, other events of 1898, 1899 in literature, list of years in literature. Events New Books The Armourers Prentices - Charlotte Mary Yonge The Cabin - Vicente Blasco Ibanez The Cruise of the Cachalot - Frank T.Bullen David Harum - Edward Noyes Westcott Elizabeth and Her German Garden... 1898) (Tactical and Strategic Principles of the Present)
• Moltkes Vermächtniss. ( See also: 1900 in literature, other events of 1901, 1902 in literature, list of years in literature. Events First Nobel Prize for Literature awarded. October 23 - Mark Twain receives an honorary doctor of literature degree from Yale University. October - Mark Twain moves to Riverdale, New York The Three Sisters drama... 1901) (Moltke's Legacy)

See also

• Friedrich von Bernhardi
• Warning: this article is based primarily on information from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica and does not reflect modern scholarship. There may be errors of fact, anachronisms, and omissions. Use at your own risk. Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ( August 12, 1843... Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
• Julius von Verdy du Vernois (1832-1910) was a German general and staff officer, chiefly noted for his military writings. Biography He was born in 1832 and entered the Prussian infantry in 1850. After some years of regimental service he came to the attention of Moltke, the newly appointed chief... Julius von Verdy du Vernois

References

• Cranz, Donald. Understanding Change: Sigismund von Schlichting and the Operational Level of War. Fort Leavenworth, 1989.
• Echevarria, Antulio J., II. After Clausewitz: German Military Thinkers before the Great War. University Press of Kansas, 2001.
• ----. "General Staff Historian Hugo Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven and the Dialectics of German Military Thought" in The Journal of Military History", Vol. 60, No. 3. (Jul., 1996), pp. 471-494.
• Hughes, Daniel J. "Schlichting, Schlieffen, and the Prussian Theory of War in 1914" in The Journal of Military History, Vol. 59, No. 2. (Apr., 1995), pp. 257-277.
• Showalter, Dennis E. "From Deterrence to Doomsday Machine: The German Way of War, 1890-1914" in The Journal of Military History, Vol. 64, No. 3. (Jul., 2000), pp. 679-710.