AUFFENBERG-KOMAROW, MORITZ, RITTER VON Austrian general, was born May 22, 1852, at Troppau and died on May 18, 1928. A most able soldier, Auffen berg was one of the leaders of the Austrian military party which centred round the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was minister of war from Sept. 1911 until Dec. 1912. In the course of his re organization of the army, especially of the supply department, he made many enemies who compelled his dismissal by the emperor. In 1914 he commanded the Austrian 4th Army and won a re markable victory at Komarow, Aug. 26–Sept. 3, 1914.
After the victory Auffenberg succeeded in the difficult operation of completely changing the front of his entire army, with which he moved southward in time to take part in the second battle of Lemberg; but the superior strength of the Russians and the failure of his colleagues to maintain the front farther south made it impossible for him to avert defeat. He was then called on to resign his command, and in April 1915 was arrested for alleged irregularities during his tenure of the war ministry. There was no real evidence for the charges and he was acquitted; but he took no further part in public life. He wrote Aus Oesterreichs Hoke and Niedergang (1920 ; he also contributed to the Encyclo pedia Britannica (12th ed.) an important article on the battles around Lemberg (Lwow) and some biographies.