Andrei Rosenberg

Andrei Grigoryevich Rosenberg
Andrei Grigoryevich Rosenberg
Other name(s)	Diederich Arend von Rosenberg
Born	1739; Courland Governorate
Died	1813 (aged 74); Eldership of Chyornoye, 32 km from Kamenets-Podolsky
Allegiance	Russian Empire Imperial Russian Army; ;
Service/branch	The Infantry
Years of service	1753-1805
Rank	General
Known for	Military governorship of Smolensk.[1]
Battles/wars	Treelist Seven Years' War (1756–63) Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf (1757); Battle of Paltzig (1759) (WIA); ; Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) Orlov Revolt Siege of Modon (1770)[lower-alpha 1]; ; Battle of Chesma (1770); ; War of the Bar Confederation (1768–72); War of the Second Coalition (1798–802) Suvorov's Italian campaign Battle of the Adda River (1799) Combat of Lecco; Combat of Verderio; ; Battle of Bassignana (1799); Battle of the Trebbia (1799); ; Suvorov's Swiss campaign Battle of the Muotatal (1799); ; ;
Awards	Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Russia); Order of Saint Andrew;

Diederich Arend von Rosenberg or Andrei (Andrey) Grigoryevich Rosenberg (Russian: Андре́й Григо́рьевич Ро́зенберг, romanized: Andréy Grigór'yevič Rózenberg; 1739–1813) was an Imperial Russian general who led troops against Ottoman Turkey, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republican France. During the War of the Second Coalition he capably led an army corps under the famous Alexander Suvorov at Cassano, Bassignana and the Trebbia. While in independent command,[3] he badly defeated a French force under André Masséna in the Battle of the Muotatal (Muttental) on 30 September – 1 October 1799.[1][4]

In 1739, Rosenberg was born into a family belonging to the Baltic nobility. He joined the Imperial Russian army and fought against the Kingdom of Prussia in the Seven Years' War and Ottoman Turkey in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74. He also led troops against the Poles during the War of the Bar Confederation in 1778–9.[1][5]

In 1798 Rosenberg was assigned to lead the first echelon of the Russian army sent to assist Habsburg Austria in Italy during the War of the Second Coalition. During his corps' passage across Habsburg territory, Rosenberg kept strict discipline among his soldiers while ensuring that his hosts kept up their end of the bargain with regard to providing his men with food and living quarters. Rosenberg was remembered as being highly professional and concerned with the welfare of his men, but aloof in his dealings with the rank and file. In his first meeting with the new army commander he did not make a good impression on Alexander Suvorov. Nevertheless, he was reassigned to lead the second echelon when Wilhelm Derfelden assumed command of Rosenberg's original corps.[5]

Notes

The unsuccessful 1770 siege of an Ottoman castle (Methoni's) by Russo-Greek landing troops of Major Prince Pyotr Petrovich Dolgorukov and by Russian naval detachment of Captain Samuil Karlovich Greig, which lasted from April 20 to May 4.[2]

References

Polovtsov 1913.
"Осада Модона" [Siege of Modon]. Runivers. Военные конфликты, кампании и боевые действия русских войск 860–1914 гг. (in Russian). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
Suvorov assigned the responsibility to Rosenberg (see Alexander Suvorov#Suvorov's Swiss campaign)
Bodart 1908, p. 344.
Duffy, Christopher (1999). Eagles Over the Alps: Suvarov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799. Chicago: The Emperor's Press. p. 35. ISBN 1-883476-18-6.

Sources

Duffy, Christopher (1999). Eagles Over the Alps: Suvarov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799. Chicago, Ill.: The Emperor's Press. ISBN 1-883476-18-6.
Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
Polovtsov, Alexander (1913). Russian Biographical Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. 16: Рейтерн—Рольцберг. Saint Petersburg: Типография Императорской Академии Наук. pp. 354–359. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) (in German). Vienna & Leipzig: C. W. Stern. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

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[3] The unsuccessful 1770 siege of an Ottoman castle (Methoni's) by Russo-Greek landing troops of Major Prince Pyotr Petrovich Dolgorukov and by Russian naval detachment of Captain Samuil Karlovich Greig, which lasted from April 20 to May 4.[2]

[FOOTNOTEPolovtsov1913-1] Polovtsov 1913.

[2] "Осада Модона" [Siege of Modon]. Runivers. Военные конфликты, кампании и боевые действия русских войск 860–1914 гг. (in Russian). Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[4] Suvorov assigned the responsibility to Rosenberg (see Alexander Suvorov#Suvorov's Swiss campaign)

[FOOTNOTEBodart1908344-5] Bodart 1908, p. 344.

[Duffy35-6] Duffy, Christopher (1999). Eagles Over the Alps: Suvarov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799. Chicago: The Emperor's Press. p. 35. ISBN 1-883476-18-6.