GOLTZ, grits, Kolmar, BARON VON DER, German soldier and military author: b. Bielkeu feld East. Prussia, 1843; d. Asiatic Turkey, 19 April 1916. He was educated at the Berlin Military Academy, had seen extensive military service, having fought in the Austrian cam paign and having been on the staff of Prince Frederick Charles in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. At the close of the Franco-Prus sian War, he was appointed to the historical de partment of the general staff at Berlin and for a time was instructor in the- Military Academy. In 1883 he was sent to reconstruct the Turkish army and remained in Turkey for 13 years. He was made general of division on his return to Germany in 1896; general of infantry in 1900: commander of the first corps in 1902; general inspector in 1907, and lieutenant-general in 1908. In 1908-10 he was again in Turkey, en gaged in reorganizing the army of that coun try. In 1911 he became general field-marshal and later was inspector-general of the second corps until 1913. In August 1914, after the
German armies had invaded Belgium and cap tured Brussels, he was appointed military gover nor of the occupied portion of the country, but in November of the same year, he was re lieved of this command and sent to Turkey, where he was appointed military commandant at Constantinople, and acting Minister of War. He was instrumental in forming the successful Turkish defense on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and frequently predicted that the Anglo-French fleet would not be able to force a passage of the Dardanelles. In April 1915, he succeeded Gen. Liman von Sanders as chief of the first Turkish army. (See WAR IN EUROPE). He published 'Lion Gambetta und seine Armee' (1877; French ed. 1877) ; 'Das Volk in Waffen) (4th ed., 1890) ; 'Der thessalische Krieg und die tOrIcische Armee' (1898) ; 'Krieg und Heerfiihrung) (1901); 'Von Jana bis Eylan) (1907) ; (Kriegsgeschichte Deutschlands im XIX Jahrhundert' (1910).