Hans Herzog

Hans Herzog (1871) Hans Herzog (28 October 18192 February 1894) was a Swiss army officer, and was elected Switzerland's General during the Franco-Prussian War.

Born in Aarau, he became an artillery lieutenant in 1840, and then spent six years in travelling (visiting England among other countries), before he became a partner in his father's business in 1846. In 1847 he saw his first active service (as artillery captain) in the short Swiss Sonderbund war.

In 1860 he abandoned mercantile pursuits for a purely military career, becoming colonel and inspector-general of the Swiss artillery. In 1870 he was commander-in-chief of the Swiss army, which guarded the Swiss border, in the Jura, during the Franco-German War, and in February 1871, as such, concluded the Convention of Verrières with General Clinchant for the disarming and the interning of the remains of Bourbaki's army, when it took refuge in Switzerland.

In 1875, he became the commander-in-chief of the Swiss artillery, which he did much to reorganize, helping also in the reorganization of the other branches of the Swiss army. He died in 1894 in his native town of Aarau. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Herzog, Hans
    Published 1903
    Switzerland : Universität Zürich, 1903.
    18 p.
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    by Herzog, Hans
    Published 1901
    Hildesheim: A. Lax, 1901.
    (76 S.) 8vo.
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    by Herzog, Hans
    Published 1941
    Zürich, 1941.
    151 p. 8°
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    by Herzog, Hans
    Published 1957
    Switzerland : Universität Zürich, 1957.
    43 p.
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    by Herzog, Hans
    Published 1884
    Wien, Druck von C. Gerold's Sohn, 1884.
    [4], 92 p.
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    by Herzog, Hans
    Published 1953
    [S.l. : s.n.], 1953.
    p. [1202]-1205, [531]-536 : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    by Herzog, Hans-Joachim
    Published 1976
    Germany : Eberhard-Karls-Universität zu Tübingen, 1976.
    53 p.
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    by Herzog, Hans, 1924-
    Published 1968
    Germany : Freie Universität Berlin, 1968.
    72 [10] p.
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    by Herzog, Hans-Jürgen
    Published 1973
    Germany : Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 1973.
    III, 130 S.
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    by Herzog, Hans R.
    Published 1981
    Germany : Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 1981.
    166 p.
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