BELOW, FRITZ VON (1853-1918), German general, was born on Sept. 23, 1853 at Danzig. He served in the war of 1870 71, and in 1912 was appointed to the command of the XXI. Army Corps. IIe fought with the VI. Army on the western front at the beginning of the World War, but his corps was transferred in 1915 to the eastern front. In 1916 he was chief in command of the I. Army, which was engaged in Nov. 1916 on the Somme. He died in a field hospital on the western front on Nov. 23, 1918.