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Hermann Karl Bruno von François. (31.01.1856 - 15.05.1933) place of birth: Luxembourg. Königreich Preußen: OBH, General der Infanterie. Imperial German general Hermann von François prior to the war (1903-04), had served as Hindenburg's chief of general staff with IV. Army Corps in Magdeburg.

role in history of World War I. In Battle of Tannenberg: Planning and execution at Tannenberg. Hermann von François, with his I Corps (on the right of Scholtz’s XX), to attack on August 26 and to break through the Russian left wing (I Corps and two cavalry divisions) near Usdau (Uzdowo).

The Germans under the command of Hermann von François conducted a successful counterattack against four Russian infantry divisions from different infantry corps, which heavily outnumbered them but were separated from each other, creating a gap between the 27th Infantry Division and the 40th Infantry Division, and had little coordination with ...

Hermann Karl Bruno von François (31 January 1856 – 15 May 1933) was a German General der Infanterie during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914. He has also been compared to the French General, Ferdinand Foch.

Fearing the effect of a further retirement, Ludendorff ordered Gen. Hermann von François, with his I Corps (on the right of Scholtz’s XX), to attack on August 26 and to break through the Russian left wing (I Corps and two cavalry divisions) near Usdau (Uzdowo). The real crisis of the battle, as a whole, came on August 27.

Who's Who - Hermann von Francois. Hermann von Francois (1856-1933), one of Germany's more effective military commanders during the early stages of the First World War, led Eight Army's I Corps in East Prussia at the start of the war in August 1914.