Manteuffel Edwin Hans Karlvon

Manteuffel, Edwin Hans Karl von, Field Marshal (1809-85), a great German general and diplomatist, was born at Dresden and brought up with his cousin Otto von Manteuffel, the statesman (q.v.). He entered the army in 1827, and in 184S was one of the chief diplomatic as well as military advisers of Frederick William IV. of Prussia. In 1857 he became chief of the Military Cabinet, took part as lieutenant-general in the Danish campaign of 1864, and, as governor of Schleswig, drove the Austrians from Holstein in 1866. He next commanded with success the army of the Main, and at the end of the war with Austria went on a special mission to St. Petersburg. In October, 1870, he succeeded Steinmetz as commander of the First Army in the war with France, and after the victory of Amiens (November 27) occupied Rouen. Early in 1871 he was placed at the head of the Army of the South, and as such drove Bourbaki into Switzerland. He next commanded the Second Army Corps, and finally was for two years head of the Army of Occupation. In 1879 Field Marshal Manteuffel was named governor of Elsass-Lothringen.