 Complete the following phrase:  Kuhn was born 15 July 1817 in Proßnitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire now Prostějov in the Czech Republic, the son of Major Franz von Kuhn 1772-1842, who had been ennobled in 1823, and the farmers daughter Johanna Schwab 1787-1856. He graduated with distinction from the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt and entered military service in 1837. He served on the quartermaster general staff as a Major during the wars of 1848 and 1849 in 