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Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog (21 February 1856 - 12 October 1926) was a
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of
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. During
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, he commanded the
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's
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and 1st Armies.


Biography


Early life

Puhallo's family came from the vicinity of the
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of the
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and Austria-Hungary. Born in the Austrian Empire at
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in
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on 21 February 1856,German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library, Austrian National Library Record # 13006632
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Puhallo was the son of the
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Michael Puhallo (1818-1913). He attended military educational institutions in Hungarian Weißkirchen, Kamenitz, and Güns (
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) and entered military technology school in Mährisch Weißkirchen in 1870, where he studied until 1873.


Pre-World War I military service

After successfully completing studies at the
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in
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, Puhallo became a ''
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) in
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No. 11 on 1 September 1877. Between 1880 and 1882 he attended the advanced
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course in Vienna, which he completed with great success. On 1 November 1882, he received a promotion to ''
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'' (
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) and was assigned to the
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Corps. He was promoted to
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First Class on 1 November 1886 while serving as a
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instructor at the ''Technische Militärakademie''. On 18 September 1892, he was appointed chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Division in
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, where he was promoted to
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on 1 May 1893. On 1 November 1895, he became an ''
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'' (
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) in the General Staff Corps. In April 1896 he was transferred to the 55th Infantry Regiment in
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. During these years he received excellent performance reviews from his superiors, who often especially emphasized his great talent as an instructor. As a result, he was transferred to the
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on 11 September 1898, and he was promoted to ''
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'' (
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) on 1 November 1898. In the meantime, he had married Anna Hörzinger in 1897. He had a daughter with her. In 1902, Puhallo was transferred to the Operations Bureau of the General Staff, of which he became chief on 23 April 1903. In April 1905 he was appointed commander of the 50th Infantry Brigade in Vienna, and he received a promotion to ''
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'' (
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) on 1 May 1905. On 20 October 1906, he was appointed commander of the Austro-Hungarian war college. Under his leadership, the college was modernized in many areas in order to achieve a higher quality education for Austro-Hungarian military officers; he reorganized the college and introduced new courses. On 1 May 1909, he was promoted to ''Feldmarschalleutnant'' (
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). In September 1910 he took command of the 46th ''
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'' Infantry Division in
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. In October 1912 he succeeded
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Arthur Heinrich Sprecher von Bernegg as commander of the
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in Preßburg. On 1 November 1913, he was promoted to ''
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'' (
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).


World War I

When
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began with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on
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on 28 July 1914, Puhallo's V Corps — made up of the 14th and 33rd Infantry Divisions and the 37th '' Honvéd'' Division — was part of
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Victor Dankl's 1st Army, which was deployed in northern Galicia. During the larger
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, Puhallo's troops were involved in Dankl's victory over
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forces in the Battle of Kraśnik of 23–25 August 1914, but after Russian counterattacks caused the Austro-Hungarian forces to the south to collapse, Puhallo's corps, along with the rest of the 1st Army, had to withdraw from the southern approaches to
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along the
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and pull back behind the San until mid-September 1914. In the
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, which began on 29 September 1914, Puhallo's troops advanced into
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as part of the 1st Army. After fighting at
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, his troops were forced to retreat again at the end of October 1914. After heavy fighting on the
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, his V Corps was transferred to the
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at
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1914 where, as part of the Austro-Hungarian 3rd Army, it took part in the unsuccessful struggle to relieve the
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, at the end of which the garrison of the
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surrendered to the Russians in March 1915. In May 1915 the V Corps reached Sambor, whereupon Puhallo took command of the 3rd Army on 22 May 1915. As part of Army Group Mackensen under the German General
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together with the
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's 11th Army, the 3rd Army took part in the
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of May–June 1915, during which Puhallo was able to recapture the Przemyśl Fortress at the beginning of June 1915.Manfried Rauchensteiner, ''Der Tod des Doppeladlers'' Special Edition, Verlag Styria, Graz, Wien, Köln 1997. , p 213f . As a result of a reorganization, the 3rd Army was disbanded, and Puhallo succeeded Dankl as commander of the 1st Army on 10 June 1915. In the aftermath of the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, the Imperial Russian Army conducted the "
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" — a vast strategic withdrawal — between July and September 1915, during which Puhallo's army — consisting of the I Army Corps under General of the Cavalry Karl von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach, the II Army Corps under General of the Infantry John Ferdinand Franz von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach, the corps of Lieutenant Field Marshal S. Shurma, and an army reserve of two divisions — took the bridgeheads at
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and Tarlo-Josefow, seeing particularly hard fighting around
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during the reconquest of
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. The front stabilized after the
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captured
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and
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. During the first half of 1916, Puhallo's army was subordinated to the Austro-Hungarian Army Group Böhm-Ermolli. After the 1st Army was transferred to the Bug sector in 1916, Puhallo and his army were subordinated to the German
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under the command of the German General
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. On 1 May 1916 he was promoted to
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with a date of rank of 13 May 1916. When the Russian Brusilov Offensive began in June 1916, Puhallo's troops were defeated and forced to join a general retreat.Manfried Rauchensteiner, ''Der Tod des Doppeladlers'', Special Edition, Verlag Styria, Graz, Wien, Köln 1997. , p. 357 . Another reorganization of the Austro-Hungarian Army led to the dissolution of his 1st Army, whereupon Puhallo lost his command on 25 July 1916 and was transferred to the reserve. The Austro-Hungarian Army's high command was dissatisfied with his performance and did not offer him another command despite his repeated requests for one. Nonetheless, he was decorated on 7 April 1917 with the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold with War Decoration and Swords, followed by the elevation to
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in the
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on 27 April 1917. He was dismissed from the army on 1 May 1917. Austria-Hungary's participation in World War I ended with the
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on 3 November 1918, and Puhallo officially retired on 1 December 1918.


Later life

After his retirement, and in the wake of the disintegration of Austria-Hungary, Puhallo became a citizen of the new
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. Receiving only a small pension from the state for his service in the Austro-Hungarian Army, he lived in relative poverty. For this reason, he moved back to Vienna, which was now in the
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, and lived there, surviving on donations from former comrades. After undergoing a major operation, he died in Vienna on 12 October 1926.''Allerlei. Österreich. Generaloberst Puhallo † .''
''Badener Zeitung'', 16 October 1926, p. 5]
His body was transferred to
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, where former officer colleagues ensured he had a dignified funeral.


Awards and honors


Austro-Hungarian

* Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), Military Merit Cross (16 April 1896) *
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3rd Class (12 October 1902) * Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold (27 April 1905) * Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class (2 August 1910) * Grand Cross of the Order of the Iron Crown with War Decoration (5 October 1914) * Cross of Merit, 1st Class, of the
Decoration for Services to the Red Cross The Decoration for Services to the Red Cross (''Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz'') was an Austro-Hungarian award instituted on 17 August 1914 by Emperor Franz Josef I to mark the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention. It was i ...
with war decoration (June 1915) * Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold with Swords and War Decoration (7 April 1917) Puhallo also was appointed to the ''
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'' on 30 November 1913.


Foreign

* Commander's Cross, First Class, of the
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(
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, 1906) * Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (
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, 1906) * Commander, First Class, of the
Friedrich Order The Friedrich Order (german: Friedrichs-Orden or ''Friedrichsorden'') was an order of merit of the German Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg, Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, Kin ...
(
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, 1907) *
Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...
2nd Class (
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, June 1915) * Iron Cross 1st Class with Swords (German Empire, 1917)


Notes


References


Footnotes


Bibliography

* * Залесский К. А. Кто был кто в первой мировой войне. Биографический энциклопедический словарь. М., 2003


External links


The Austro-Hungarian Army




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