Eugen Binder von Krieglstein (July 6, 1873 – September 17, 1914) was a journalist, war correspondent and travel writer from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He sometimes used the

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s of Eugen Krieglstein or Eugen Binder-Krieglstein. In addition to his journalistic work, he also gave lectures about his war experiences illustrated with photographs which we took at the various locations. Von Krieglstein also published numerous travel narratives, and works of fiction, including collections of short-stories and novels.

Biography

Von Krieglstein was born at Castle St. Georgen an der Stiefing in

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, Austria-Hungary to a family of minor nobility. He attended school in

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, and graduated from the Infantry Cadet School in Liebenau. After serving for two years in a Rifle Battalion based at the Transylvanian city of Hermann, he was discharged from the Army in 1896 for reasons which are unknown. From 1897 to 1914, von Krieglstein served as a war correspondent, covering total of 17 battles, revolutions and or expeditions. In 1897 he reported for a Vienna newspaper on the Greco-Turkish War (1897) in Crete. His advocacy for the Turkish led to his arrest by Greek forces, but he was soon released after diplomatic mediation. He then went to work briefly for the press office of the Foreign Ministry of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople. In 1897/98 he covered the activities of the Venezuelan revolutionary (and future president)

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and the Spanish–American War in 1898. He subsequently covered the

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(1901–1902), after which he published a book: ''The Battles of the German Expeditionary Force in China'' (1902). During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he was embedded within the Imperial Japanese Army, but was captured by the Russians. At this time, he was a reporter for the '' Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger'' (''Berlin Local Advertiser'').McCullagh, Francis. (1906). ; misidentified as "Baron Bilder von Kreigelstein" He remained in Manchuria after the war to cover the Russian Revolution of 1905. However, in 1911/12 he was in Tripoli, Libya to cover the Italo-Turkish War and in 1913/14 was in Mexico City to cover the

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. At the outbreak of World War I, he returned to Austria and volunteered for service in the army. He was killed in combat in September 1914 in Sieniawa in

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where his

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regiment was stationed.

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References

* McCullagh, Francis. (1906). ''With the Cossacks; Being the Story of an Irishman who Rode with the Cossacks throughout the Russo-Japanese War.'' London: E. Nash
OCLC 777525
* George H. Schlatter Binswanger: Binder Krieglstein, Eugen Freiherr von Reich . In Wilhelm Kosch, Carl Ludwig Lang, Konrad Feilchenfeldt : German Literary Encyclopedia. The 20th Century. Biographical-Bibliographical Guide. Saur Verlag, Bern and Munich, 2001. Second volume, p. 648F. {{DEFAULTSORT:Krieglstein, Eugen Binder von 1873 births 1914 deaths Austro-Hungarian journalists War correspondents of the Russo-Japanese War War correspondents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire Austro-Hungarian military personnel killed in World War I

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