FRIEDRICH BALDUIN, Freiherr von Gagern (1794-1848), the eldest, took service in the Austrian army, fought in the Russian campaign of 1812, and at Dresden, Kulm and Leipzig. He then entered the Dutch service, took part in the campaigns of 1815, and, after studying another year at Heidelberg, was member for Luxemburg of the military commission of the German federal diet (1824, 1825). In 1830 and 1831 he took part in the Dutch cam paign in Belgium, and in 1844, was sent on a military mission to the Dutch East Indies. In 1847 he was appointed governor at the Hague, and commandant in South Holland. In the spring of 1848 he commanded the Baden forces against the insurgent "free com panies" (Freischaaren). At Kandern, on April 20, he was mortally wounded. His Life, in 3 vols. (Heidelberg and Leipzig, 1856– 18J7), was written by his brother Heinrich von Gagern.