Albert von Rauch

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (April 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 9,120 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Albert von Rauch]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Albert von Rauch}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Born into an aristocratic Prussian family, Albert Gustav Guido von Rauch (21 August 1829 – 28 January 1901) was a general of the infantry in the Prussian Army who fought in the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War.

Life

He was born in

In 1847, Rauch, following the tradition of his family and his older brother, entered the Prussian Army, becoming a Second-Lieutenant in the 1st Foot Guards. In 1855 he was named adjutant of the non-commissioned officers' school in Potsdam. By personal request of Prince Friedrich Karl, Rauch became the adjutant of 1st Guards Infantry Division in August 1857. In 1859, Rauch was promoted to Hauptmann. In 1860, Rauch became a company commander back in the 1st Foot Guards. He did not participate in the Second Schleswig War, instead serving as acting commander of the NCO school in Jülich. During the Austro-Prussian War, Rauch was in command of the headquarters of the Second Army.

After the war, Rauch was promoted to Major. During the

This biographical article related to the military of Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e