Grippenberg Oscar Ferdinand Kazimirovich

Born in 1838, Mr.. Member of the Crimean War in 1855, Mr.. and the campaign to pacify the Polish uprising of 1863 - 1864 he. In 1866 - 1868 he. participated in the conquest of Bukhara. During the Russian-Turkish war of 1877 - 1878 he. commanded the Guards of the Moscow Regiment and distinguished himself in defending Pravetskii positions and repelling attacks by the Turkish-Arab Konakov. In 1902, Mr.. appointed commander of the Vilna District. In 1904. appointed commander of the 2-nd Manchu army. The failure of the army under Sandepu made discord between Grippenberg and commander in chief, General Kuropatkin, resulting Grippenberg left the army. In 1905, Mr.. appointed inspector-general of infantry, but the following year resigned for health deranged. In response to a report issued by General Kuropatkin "Battle of Sandepu" Grippenberg wrote backgrounds operations cover the left flank of the location Oku Army in January 1905 " (St. Petersburg, 4 th ed. 1910) and "Answer On. Grippenberg the charges of the Adjutant General Kuropatkina "(St. Petersburg, 1909), which proves that the cause of failure under Sandepu and then near Mukden itself is Kuropatkin.