Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Hoetzendorf, Baron Franz Conrad von
HOETZENDORF, BARON FRANZ
CONRAD VON, an Austrian general;
born in Penzing, 1852; received a military
education, then, at the age of 19,
received his commission as a lieutenant.
In 1878-1879 he served on the General
Staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when
those two Turkish provinces were
assigned to the military administration of
Austria-Hungary. He was also a member
of the staff during the insurrection
in Dalmatia, in 1882. Then, until 1888,
he was professor of tactics in the military
academy, in Vienna. He was Chief
of the General Staff from 1906 to 1911
and again in 1912. During the early
part of the European war he took a

prominent part in the operations of the
Austrian armies.