Mihail Aslan
Born(1857-08-10)August 10, 1857
Onești, Bacău, Moldavia
Died1936 (aged 79)[1]
Bucharest, Romania
Allegiance Romania
Years of service1877 — 1918
RankLieutenant (1877)
Lieutenant (1880)
Captain (1882)
Major (1890)
Lieutenant-Colonel (1896)
Colonel (1901)
Brigadier General (1908)
Major General (1914)[2]
Commands heldThird Army
Battles/warsRusso-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Second Balkan War
World War I

Mihail Ceaur-Aslan was one of the generals of the Romanian Army in the First World War.

He served as commander of the 3rd Army between 14/27 August - 25 August / 7 September 1916, when his command was lifted due to the defective way in which he led military actions that resulted in the serious defeat at the Battle of Turtucaia.[3]

Early life and family

Mihail Aslan was born in Onești, in the family of the hetman Alecu Ceaur-Aslan, being the eleventh son of the twelve of the hetman and the sixth of his second marriage to Felicia Moser.

He was married to Eliza Olănescu.[4]

Military career

After graduating from the military school of officers with the rank of lieutenant, Mihail Aslan was assigned to the 2nd Hunters Battalion, a unit in which he participated in the military actions of the war of independence from 1877 to 1878. In 1880 he was moved to the 27th Dorobanti Bacau Regiment, and after advancing to the rank of captain, in 1882, he was moved to the School of Sons of Soldiers in Craiova. He also held various positions in Regiments 10 (1883-1885), 3 (1886-1889) and 26 Dorobanti (1890-1893). Between 1893 and 1896 he was commander of the 2nd Hunters Battalion, from where he was moved as director of studies and professor at the Military School of Infantry and Cavalry (1897-1901)

He was commander of: 22nd Dâmbovița Regiment (1901-1903), 27th Bacău Regiment (1903-1907) and 15th Infantry Brigade (1907-1910).

He later worked in the central administration of the Ministry of War as senior director of personnel (1910-1912), senior director of infantry (1912-1913) and technical inspector of the same weapon (1914).

During the Second Balkan War he commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, and in October 1913 he was appointed commander of the 3rd Army Corps.

During the First World War he served as commander of the 3rd Army, and after his dismissal from command, he commanded, from January 1, 1917, with the 2nd Territorial Corps. On April 30, 1918, he resigned and was transferred to the reserves.[5]

Other works

  • Regulation of Infantry Exercises, Bucharest, 1906 (translation, 1909)
  • Memorandum on the fall of the bridgehead Turtucaia, Iași (1918)
  • Turtucaia. Strategic study, Bucharest, 1921 [6]

Awards

Foreign Awards

Bibliography

  • Falkenhayn, Erich von, The 9th Army Campaign against Romanians and Russians, Atelierele Grafice Socec & Co SA, Bucharest, 1937
  • Kiritescu, Constantin, History of the war for the unification of Romania, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989
  • Ioanițiu Alexandru (Lt.-Colonel), The Romanian War: 1916–1918, vol 1, Genius Printing House, Bucharest, 1929
      • , Romania in the World War 1916–1919, Documents, Annexes, Volume 1, Official Gazette and State Printing, Bucharest, 1934
      • , The General Headquarters of the Romanian Army. Documents 1916 - 1920, Machiavelli Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996
      • , Military History of the Romanian People, vol. V, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989
      • , Romania during the First World War, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 1987
      • , Romania in the First World War, Military Publishing House, 1979

References

  1. ↑ Gheorghe Bezviconi, Necropola capitalei, Institutul de Istorie „Nicolae Iorga”, București, 1968
  2. ↑ Ministerul de Răsboiu, Anuarul Armatei Române pe anul 1916, Tipografia „Universala” Iancu Ionescu, București, 1916
  3. ↑ Constantin Kirițescu, Istoria războiului pentru întregirea României, vol. 1, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, București, 1989,
  4. ↑ Famille Aslan - Famille Ghika, accesat la 6 iunie 2015
  5. ↑ Arhivele Militare Române, Fond 3042, Registru foi matricole ofițeri infanterie, vol.l, f.71 apud. Ioan Gurgu, Sergiu Balanaovici, Vasilica Manea, O istorie a structurii de personal a Armatei Române, 1862-1947, Editura Centrului Tehnico-Editorial al Armatei, București, 2006
  6. ↑ Gheorghe I. Georgescu, Contribuțiuni la bibliografia războiului pentru întregirea neamului, Tipografia „Cuvântul Românesc”, București, 1940
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