Otto von Emmich

Otto von Emmich
Otto von Emmich
Born	4 April 1848(1848-04-04) Minden, Prussia
Died	22 December 1915(1915-12-22) (aged 67) Hanover, Imperial Germany
Allegiance	Prussia Imperial Germany
Service/branch	Prussian Army Imperial German Army
Years of service	1866-1915
Rank	General
Commands held	X Army Corps
Battles/wars	Franco-Prussian War World War I

Albert Theodor Otto Emmich (since 1913 von Emmich) (April 4, 1848 – December 22, 1915) was a Prussian general.

Born in Minden, Emmich entered the Prussian Army in 1866. He attained the rank of general of infantry in 1909, and was placed in command of the 10th army corps at Hanover. During the early days of World War I in Europe in 1914, he laid siege to Liège, which he entered on August 7, 1914.

The Battle of Liège began shortly after the morning of August 5th, when German bombardment began on the eastern Belgian forts. This marks it chronologically as the first battle to take place during World War I, beginning shortly before the Battle of Mulhouse.^[1] The Imperial German troops were obliged to entrench and bring up heavy siege artillery.

Emmich was ennobled in 1913, he died of arteriosclerosis in Hanover.

References

1. ^ Keegan 1998, p. 84

• The Siege of Liége: A Personal Narrative, by Paul Hamelius (London, 1914).
• In Daily Chronicle War Books, volume iv, (1914), "The Campaign Around Liége," by J. M. Kennedy.

Persondata
Name	Emmich, Otto von
Alternative names	Emmich, Albert Theodor Otto von;Emmich, Otto
Short description	German General
Date of birth	April 4, 1848
Place of birth	Minden, Germany
Date of death	December 22, 1915
Place of death	Hanover, Germany