Oskar Potiorek
From LoveToKnow 1911
"OSKAR POTIOREK (1853-), Austro-Hungarian general of artillery, was born at Blieburg, Carinthia, in 18J3. He graduated from the Engineers' Academy as lieutenant in 1871. His career was chiefly spent on the General Staff, of which he was one of the most distinguished representatives. He held there the important post of Chief of the Section of Operations, later that of Deputy to the Chief of the General Staff, Count Beck. After Beck's retirement he was in command of the III. Corps, in 1911 Army Inspector and Governor (Landeschef) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As such, he was officially responsible for countenancing the fateful visit of the heir to the throne to Serajevo, out of which the World War ensued. In the offensive taken by Austria against Serbia in the winter of 1914, which eventually broke down after great initial success, his judgment was also found wanting.
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