Major Adolf Marno von Eichenhorst

[Tosun Saral]

Thanks Glenn for the biog info, great stuff. I wonder if this photo is Adolf Marno von Eichenhorst entering Jerusalem? The insignia seems to be that of a Major, and he would be the only Austrian Major there wouldn't he?

Austrian_artillery_commander_entering_Jerusalem,_1916.JPG

The photo is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... ,_1916.JPG

Cheers
Chris

wow it is great. I am 100 percent sicher/sure that He is our hero.

[Tosun Saral]

Cav.Col Şerif Güralp gives the following information about Marno in his book "Bir Askerin Günlüğünden Çanakkale Cephesinden Filistin'e, ( From A Diary of A Soldier: To Palestine from Gallipoli) p.100-
Romani

According to the order given to 1st group batteries would support the attack of infanry in their positions around dattel forest of Katia. For that reason The Auustrian batteries positioned arond the dattleforest arond Katia. The attack beginned that afternoon. the guns of 1st Austrian battery fired without a pause like a revolver with a noise dan dan dan dan, and the 2nd battery fired in short interwalls dan dan, dan dan. The commander of the 2nd battery was Captain Trockofski. He was a tall and fine looking man. He was killed at Muntar tepe during the 2nd Gazze Battle figting againts English hand in hand. Our soldiers loved him and namedd him as a mytr. The german batter also fired all its guns. While the german battery was blowing the watchposts of the enemy at Romani, The Avustrian batteries blowed all MG positions."

p.104
An order was given to me to inform the Austrian batteries for withdravel. Only local scouts were knowing the position of the Austrians for that reason I took them with me. An Anatolian Turkish cav.soldier named Halit accompanied me also. We rode sirca 1,5 kilometers in the desert. It is really hard to ride in the desert at night. After a while I yelled with all my strenght in the darkness .
"Avusturya Batöri" (Austrian Battery)
Some one replied some 100 meters distance
"Hoh"
An Avustrian sentry stopped me. I asked the austrian "Where is your Commander von Marno?" The sentry showed me a hill just 100 meters ahead. I rode there. I met Battalion commander von Marno. I explained him the order for withdravel in my broken French. Von Marno worried because his oxes to pull the guns were 10 kilometers away in a safer position with the rest of the heavy materials of the battery. I told him not to be worried. I ordered my scouts and my soldier Halit to ride there and bring all the oxes quick as possible. Halit saved my honour and the honour of von Marno bringing back the oxes in right time. My Allah the almighty bless you Halit. You not only saved my honour and the honour of all Turkish army but the skin of Austrians."

TS's nota: Cav. Col. Güralp mentions in his book the battery as austrian but in reallity they were Hungarians of KuK Army.

[Chris Dale]

Thank you Tosun for sharing those quotations with us.

Cheers
Chris

[Grisu]

That's really interesting, Tosun Saral.