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Rudolf Bodo Hans von Kirchbach  
(22.6.1849 - 23.7.1928)
place of birth:  Auerbach  (Saxony)


Saxon colonel general who began his military career as an artillery officer. In 1907 he was promoted to general of artillery and took command of XIX. Corps at Leipzig. He was placed on inactive duty status in 1913 but was reactivated at war's outbreak to command Saxony's XII. Reserve Corps attached to Hausen's Third Army on the Western Front. He later commanded Army Detachment "D" during the last year of the war.




 




Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
00.00.1866  -  00.00.1866 Königlich Sächsische Armee?     (Lt:  10.7.1866)
15.06.1866  -  23.08.1866 Austro-Prussian War - 1866     (fought against Prussia)
19.07.1870  -  10.05.1871 Franco-Prussian War - 1870/71     (Olt:  27.1.1872)  (Hpt:  24.3.1877)
17.07.1884  -  14.10.1888 Artillerie Schule  (Instructor)     (Maj:  1.4.1887)
15.10.1888  -  31.03.1889 Generalkommando?
01.04.1889  -  23.03.1893 1. Königlich Sächsisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 12 - Dresden & Königsbrück  (Det Cdr)     (Obslt:  16.1.1891)
24.03.1893  -  21.10.1896 Sächsischer Kriegsministerium - Dresden  (Section Chief)     (Ob:  20.4.1895)
22.10.1896  -  25.03.1899 3. Königlich Sächsisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 32 - Riesa  (Cdr)     (GM:  20.7.1898)
26.03.1899  -  12.09.1899 von der Armee 
13.09.1899  -  22.03.1901 40. Feldartillerie-Brigade (4. Königlich Sächsische) - Riesa  (Cdr)
23.03.1901  -  22.04.1904 23. Feldartillerie-Brigade (1. Königlich Sächsische) - Dresden  (Cdr)
23.04.1904  -  26.11.1907 32. Infanterie-Division (3. Königlich Sächsische) - Bautzen  (Cdr)     (GL:  23.4.1904)
27.11.1907  -  28.11.1913 XIX. (II. Königlich Sächsisches) Armeekorps - Leipzig  (Cdr)     (GdA:  27.11.1907)
29.11.1913  -  01.08.1914 zur Disposition gestellt 
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  13.12.1917 XII. Reservekorps  =  3. Armee
14.12.1917  -  11.11.1918 Armeeabteilung "D"     (replaced Günther Graf von Kirchbach)     (GO:  23.1.1918)
   
Pour le Merite:  11 August 1916
à la suite:  Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr.32  (13.9.1912)
highest rank:  Generaloberst




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