born May 25, 1848, Gersdorff, Mecklenburg
died June 18, 1916, Berlin, Ger.
German soldier.
A nephew of Schlieffen Plan , devised by his predecessor, but his inability to revise the plan to cope with tactical and command errors contributed to the halt of the German offensive in the Battle of the Marne (1914). He was relieved of his command shortly after and died a broken man two years later.