FINCK, FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON Prussian soldier, was born at Strelitz on Nov. 25, 1718. He had been a soldier of fortune in Austria and in Russia until in 1742 he became aide-de-camp to Frederick the Great of Prussia. After the battle of Kolin (June 18, 1757) he was made colonel, and at the end of 1757 major-general. At the beginning of 1759 Finck became lieutenant-general. He commanded a corps at the disas trous battle of Kunersdorf, where he rallied the beaten Prussians. Later in the year he fought, with General Wunsch, the action of Korbitz (Sept. 21) in which the Austrians and the contingents of the minor states of the Empire were sharply defeated. But the catastrophe of Maxen (see SEVEN YEARS' WAR) put an end to his active career, though he acted strictly on Frederick's orders. Cut off by greatly superior numbers, he was forced to surrender with some 1 r,000 men (Nov. 21, 1759). He was court-martialled, cashiered and imprisoned in a fortress. At the expiry of this term Finck entered the Danish service as general of infantry. He died at Copenhagen on Feb. 22, 1766.