Pre-WW1 Grand Maneuvers - Foreign Representatives

[paja]

I'll slowly post information and photos I dig up online starting from 1913 backwards. We already covered some years in the separate topics and Trooper_D was kind enough to share scans of some of the postcards from his collection. Since I plan to make this a general topic on Grand Maneuvers I'll post all that here as well.
Information about the representatives is from various sources, mainly newspapers found on Gallica, Le Gaulois, Le Petit Parisien, Le Figaro etc. while most of the photos are from delcampe, I'll post links to original sources, hope no one will mind.

Edited October 12, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Grand Maneuvers of the South-West (1913)

 

Scans found HERE thanks to Bayern.
MANŒUVRES DE SUD-OUEST (1913)
Missions Militaires Etrangères

Edited October 12, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Foreign Officers

 

Les officiers étrangers

On a communiqué ce soir la liste des officiers étrangers attendus samedi à Montauban pour suivre les manœuvres du 15 au 18:

le général Krabbe, Danois;
le colonel Abrill, Péruvien;
le colonel Ignatieff, Russe;
le colonel Yarde Buller, Anglais;
le colonel Zaccone, Italien;
le colonel Azmonoff, Bulgare;
le colonel Hernandez, Mexicain;
le colonel Pop, Hollandais;
le colonel Borehgrevink, Norvégien;
le commandant von Winterfeld, Allemand;
le colonel Frohlieber, Suisse;
le commandant Soutzo, Roumain;
le commandant Fleury de Barros, Brésilien;
le capitaine Semba, Japonais;
le colonel de Rivas, Espagnol;
le commandant Collon, Belge;
le colonel Vidale, Autrichien;
le colonel Zvetkovitch, Serbe;
le capitaine Amundsen, Suédois;
le capitaine Fascla-Castano, Argentin;
le capitaine Sant-Anna-Cabrita, Portugais;
le colonel Bentlev Mott, Américain;
le commandant Djemil bey, Turc;
le commandant Bernandez Pradel, Chilien;

Trois puissances n'ont pas encore désigné leurs délégués.

Voici, d'autre part, les noms des officiers qui sont chargés d'accompagner aux manœuvres les officiers étrangers, à raison d'un par groupe de cinq étrangers:

lieutenant-colonel Dupont, chef du 2 bureau de l'état-major de l'armée;
colonel Tardy, capitaines Revol et Wallner, de l'état-major;
capitaine Meyer, de l'état-major particulier du ministre de la guerre;
capitaine de Loustal;

Edited October 12, 2017 by paja

[paja]

In Alphabetical order (by country):

Argentina: FRANCISCO FASOLA CASTAÑO, captain;
Austria-Hungary: VIDALE, colonel
Belgium: COLLON, major
Brazil: FLEURY DE BARROS, major;
Bulgaria: AZMANOV (Азманов), colonel;
Chile: FERNANDEZ PRADEL, major;
Denmark: KRABBE, general;
England: YARDE BULLER, colonel;
Germany: VON WINTERFELDT, major
Italy: ZACCONE, colonel;
Japan: SEMBA, captain
Mexico: HERNANDEZ, colonel
Netherlands: POP, colonel
Norway: BOREHGREVINK, colonel
Ottoman Empire: DJEMIL BEY, major
Peru: ABRILL, colonel;
Portugal: SANT-ANNA-CABRITA, captain;
Romania: SOUTZO, major
Russia: IGNATIEV (Игнатьев, Алексей Алексеевич), colonel;
Serbia: CVETKOVIĆ (Цветковић), colonel;
Spain: DE RIVAS, colonel;
Sweden: AMUNDSEN, captain;
Switzerland: FROHLIEBER, colonel;
USA: BENTELY-MOTT, colonel;

Edited October 14, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Grand Maneuvers of the West (1912)

 

GRANDES MANŒUVRES DE L'OUEST (1912)
Missions Militaires Etrangères

 

Separate topic can be found HERE.

[paja]

Foreign Officers

 

Les Missions étrangères

D'autre part, voici la liste, par ordre d'ancienneté, des officiers étrangers admis à assister aux manoeuvres:

Danemark: le général de division Tuxen;
Bolivie: le colonel Pastor Baldivieso;
Suisse: le colonel d'artillerie Simonius, le colonel d'infanterie Romer;
Norvège: le colonel d'infanterie Bull;
Japon: le colonel d'artillerie Watanabé, attaché militaire;
Angleterre: le colonel d'état-major Yarde Buller, attaché militaire;
Pays-Bas: le colonel de cavalerie Piepers;
Autriche-Hongrie: le colonel d'état-major Vidale;
Pérou: le lieutenant-colonel Manuel Bonilla;
Serbie: le lieutenant-colonel d'état-major Milan Toutzakovitch;
Italie: le lieutenant-colonel Zaccone, attaché militaire;
République Argentine: le lieutenant-colonel d'infanterie Avelino Mendez, attaché militaire;
Grèce: le lieutenant-colonel d'artillerie Charlambis;
Chili: le lieutenant-colonel Julio Broronell, attaché militaire;
Etats-Unis: le lieutenant-colonel d'artillerie Bentley-Mott, attaché militaire;
Autriche-Hongrie: le lieutenant-colonel d'état-major comte de Lamezan Salins, attaché militaire;
Belgique: le lieutenant-colonel de cavalerie Cumont;
Allemagne: le major d'état-major Von Winteresldt, attaché militaire;
Brésil: le major de cavalerie Fleury de Barros, attaché militaire;
Turquie: le commandant Djemil bey, attaché militaire;
Roumanie: le commandant d'état-major Soutzo, attaché militaire;
Suisse: le capitaine d'infanterie Baumain;
Suède: le capitaine du génie Amundson, attaché militaire;
Bulgarie: le capitaine d'état-major Petroff, attaché militaire;
Mexique: le capitaine du génie Frederico Cervantes;
Portugal: le capitaine d'état-major Pereira dos Santos.

Les manoeuvres seront suivies par une mission spéciale anglaise comprenant le général de brisrade Wilson, le colonel d'état-major Macdonogh et le major d'état-major Farquar.

Les officiers étrangers seront accompagnés par une délégation d'officiers français composée du colonel du génie Vignal, chef du deuxième bureau de l'état-major de l'armée, ancien attaché militaire à Washington le chef de bataillon d'infanterie Naulin, le capitaine d'artillerie Cros et le capitaine d'infanterie Fournier, du deuxième bureau le capitaine d'artillerie Givierge, le capitaine de cavalerie Meyer et le capitaine d'infanterie Levanier, tous trois de l'état-major particulier du ministre de la guerre.

Ajoutons que les officiers étrangers auront provisoirement leur quartier général à l'Ecole de cavalerie de Saumur.

[paja]

Argentine: AVELINO MENDEZ, infantry lieutenant colonel, military attache;
Austria-Hungary: VIDALE, general staff colonel; count LAMEZAN-SALINS, general staff lieutenant colonel, military attache;
Belgium: CUMONT, cavalry lieutenant colonel;
Bolivia: PASTOR BALDIVIESO, colonel;
Brasil: FLEURY DE BARROS, cavalry major, military attache;
Bulgaria: PETROV (Петров), general staff captain, military attache;
Chile: JULIO BRORONELL, lieutenant colonel, military attache;
Denmark: TUXEN, divisional general;
England: YARDE BULLER, general staff colonel, military attache;
Germany: VON WINTERFELDT, general staff major, military attache;
Greece: CHARLAMBIS (Charlambos?), artillery lieutenant colonel;
Italy: ZACCONE, general staff lieutenant colonel, military attache;
Japan: WATANABE, artillery colonel, military attache;
Mexico: FEDERICO CERVANTES, engineer captain;
Netherlands: PIEPERS, cavalry colonel;
Norway: BULL, infantry colonel;
Ottoman Empire: DJEMIL BEY, major, military attache;
Peru: MANUEL BONILLA, lieutenant colonel;
Portugal: PEREIRA DOS SANTOS, general staff captain;
Romania: SOUTZO, general staff major, military attache; 
Serbia: TUCAKOVIĆ (Туцаковић), general staff lieutenant colonel;
Spain: RODRIGUEZ DE RIVAS, lieutenant colonel;
Sweden: AMUNDSON, engineer captain, military attache;
Switzerland: SIMOUNIUS, artillery colonel; ROMER, infantry colonel; BAUMAIN, infantry captain;
USA: BENTLEY-MOTT, artillery lieutenant colonel, military attache;

English special mission:
WILSON, brigade general
MACDONOGH, general staff colonel
FARQUHAR, general staff major

Edited October 12, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Source: gallica.
Tuxon and Yarde-Buller on last two photos.

Edited October 12, 2017 by paja

[paja]

Von Winterfeldt, Petrov, Watanabe

[paja]

There were some Russian representatives present as well.
Grand Duke Nikolai and general Kaulbars.

[Trooper_D]

On 12/10/2017 at 12:18, paja said:

Grand Maneuvers of the South-West (1913)

 

Scans found HERE thanks to Bayern.
MANŒUVRES DE SUD-OUEST (1913)
Missions Militaires Etrangères

Thank you for another wonderfully well researched series of posts, Paja.

The narrative which accompanies the group photo in  your first post refers to the automobile accident which involved von Winterfeld.  Here is what the US military attache,  T. Bentley Mott (the subject of this thread here), had to say about it,

"Major von Winterfeldt had a bad motor accident at the manœuvres of 1910, nearly losing his life. The French authorities sent one of their best surgeons to operate on him, they surrounded him with every care and attention, they gave him the Legion of Honour and after long months he got well." Mott, Col. Thomas Bentley. Twenty Years as Military Attaché (Kindle Locations 1827-1829). Arcole Publishing. Kindle Edition. 

Incidentally, the marksrussianmilitaryhistory web page, which you posted a link to in your first post, erroneously states that von Winterfeld lost his life in this accident, perhaps as a result of a mistranslation from the French.

Edited October 13, 2017 by Trooper_D

[paja]

Don't mention it. I've stumbled upon series of articles in the newspapers covering von Winterfeldt's accident and recovery. They published daily reports, some including his body temperature and heart rate, and if I remember well even the president of France visited him. I think the accident occurred on September 16th.
Do you happen to have post cards or images of the foreign representatives from 1911 and 1910? I've been trying to find them online but so far nothing. The idea was to find the photos first and them look up for names.

[Bayern]

On 12/10/2017 at 10:51, paja said:

In Alphabetical order (by country):

Argentina: FASCLA-CASTANO, captain;
Austria-Hungary: VIDALE, colonel
Belgium: COLLON, major
Brazil: FLEURY DE BARROS, major;
Bulgaria: AZMANOV (Азманов), colonel;
Chile: BERNANDEZ PRADEL, major;
Denmark: KRABBE, general;
England: YARDE BULLER, colonel;
Germany: VON WINTERFELDT, major
Italy: ZACCONE, colonel;
Japan: SEMBA, captain
Mexico: HERNANDEZ, colonel
Netherlands: POP, colonel
Norway: BOREHGREVINK, colonel
Ottoman Empire: DJEMIL BEY, major
Peru: ABRILL, colonel;
Portugal: SANT-ANNA-CABRITA, captain;
Romania: SOUTZO, major
Russia: IGNATIEV (Игнатьев, Алексей Алексеевич), colonel;
Serbia: CVETKOVIĆ (Цветковић), colonel;
Spain: DE RIVAS, colonel;
Sweden: AMUNDSEN, captain;
Switzerland: FROHLIEBER, colonel;
USA: BENTELY-MOTT, colonel;

Paja .the Argentinian officer name was Francisco Fasola Castaño . Artillery Captain .The correct name of the Chilean was Fernandez Pradel . Fasola Castaño is on the third row ,the second from the left . Fernandez Pradel is on the mddle row ,second from the right .

[paja]

Thank you, Bayern, names corrected.

[Trooper_D]

Grande Manoeuvres de l'Est (1905)

Paja

I hope that you will forgive me posting this out rather out of sequence. There are one or two old friends, here

Edited November 28, 2017 by Trooper_D

[paja]

On the contrary, thank you for posting it. Frankly speaking I forgot about this topic, this came as a reminder to continue the research.