Biographie des Generals von Ochs.

Biographie des Generals von Ochs: Ein politisch-militairischer beitrag zur geschichte des nordamerikanischen und des franzosischen revolutionskrieges, so wie der feldzuge in Spanien, Russland und Deutschland

1827

In the service of Hesse 

He completed his theoretical knowledge in the military field and was able to act in 1787 as an instructor. Ochs was the only Second Lieutenant who was allowed to remain in the garrison Waldau near Kassel at the now reduced Leibjägercompagnie. Through the intermediary of his former companion in arms, General Ewald, he would have received the position of captain of the Danish army. Landgrave Wilhelm IX . but did not let him pull and promoted him to compensate on October 11, 1788 to staff captain. The campaign of 1792 brought Ochs renewed field use, he fought under the Landgrave, who personally led his company in the campaign in Champagne . In August 1792, an Allied army gathered in the area ofKoblenz , to which, on special request, the Elector of Hesse came with 6000 men. In 1793, when the English army turned against Dunkirk under the Duke of York , Ochs was successfully detached to the rear of the enemy as they crossed the Lys. His behavior before Ypres on August 21, 1793 earned him the award of the Hessian Order pour la vertu militaire . In the Battle of Hondschoote on 8 September 1793, the Hessian hunters faced the French General Vandamme , this was the Brigadeführer General of Cochenhausenmortally wounded. Ochs had to give way to the overwhelming majority, was severely wounded and lay in the hospital until the spring of the following year.

For his excellent behavior in the meeting at Boxtet on September 14, 1794 he was publicly praised by Commandant General Wallmoden . During the evacuation of Mechelen he lost a horse under the body, the Hesse had to give up the Maas front and went as a rear guard behind the Waal . After the French had occupied Holland, the Allies remained defensive until the peace behind the Ems . 1798 Ochs was succeeded by his sovereign to Quartermaster General in the General Staff conveyed. He made sure of it for a new Hessian drill and service regulations and became finally 1799 to the majorand commander of the hunter battalion . With an imperial decree Ochs was raised in 1802 in the peerage . Ochs belonged now to the narrow circle of persons, whom the Elector honored with special confidence, he thereby led the military correspondence of the Cabinet. In the campaign of 1805 Napoleon thumped during the march against Austria on a free march through Hesse-Kassel . Ochs was already a lieutenant colonel and watched as a brigade of light troops the passage of the French corps Bernadotte . In his capacity as Chief of Staffhe marched off to the allied combined Prussian-Hessian Corps in the direction of Fulda , but the intended campaign did not take place. After the outbreak of the war of 1806 , the Elector of Hesse , who was also Prussian Field Marshal , tried to negotiate with both powers for a neutrality treaty. On October 5, 1806, Prussian troops moved through the Kurhessian territory. Napoleon insisted on an unarmed neutrality of Hesse, the French ambassador protested in Kassel. The French corps Mortier advanced from Hanau to Fulda, a French-Dutch army under General Daendelsapproached from Paderborn at the same time. On November 1, the Elector had the garrison of Kassel disarmed under General von Webern and the French occupied the city without a fight.