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anton freiherr von zach inhaber infantry regiment # 15 privy councillor staff 22 november 1826 14 june 1747 graz , austria pest , hungary austrian empire austrian empire military of leopold , cc 1809 order of maria theresa , kc 1799 order 250 french revolutionary wars napoleonic wars 14 june 1747 feldzeugmeister anton von zach.jpg anton von zach
 anton freiherr von zach
anton von zach

anton freiherr von zach -lrb- 14 june 1747 -- 22 november 1826 -rrb- enlisted in the army of habsburg austria and fought against the first french republic .
in the french revolutionary wars , he gained prominence as a staff officer .
still on active service during the napoleonic wars , he fought in the 1805 and 1809 wars .
he was not given combat assignments after 1809 .
zach held the office of army chief of staff during the 1796 , 1799 , and 1800 campaigns .
in the latter year , he played an important role at the battle of marengo , where he was captured .
during the napoleonic wars he was again chief of staff of the army of italy in 1805 .
in 1809 he commanded a division in the italian theater .
after 1809 , the austrian military employed him as a fortress commandant .
he was proprietor -lrb- inhaber -rrb- of an austrian infantry regiment from 1807 until his death .
