DANKL, VIKTOR, FREIHERR VON (1854— ), Austro-Hungarian general, was born in Udine on Sept. 18, 1854. In the World War he commanded at the outset the I. Army and defeated the Russians in the battle of Krasnik (Aug. 23-25,1914)• After the Italian declaration of war he became in May 1915 com mander of the defence forces in Tirol. As an army commander in the following years he took a successful part in the offensive against Asiago-Asiero, but shortly afterwards retired from his post on account of ill-health.