Oskar Von Hutier
From LoveToKnow 1911
"OSKAR VON HUTIER (1857-), Prussian general, was born Aug. 27 1857 at Erfurt. In command of the 1st Div. of the Prussian Guards he played a prominent part in the battles which attended the German advance in Aug. 1914. In 1915 he was placed in command of the XXI. Army Corps, and in Jan. 1917 of the Army Group (Armeeabteilung) D. On April 27 he took over the command of the VIII. Army with part of which he occupied Riga. In Dec. 1917 he was transferred to the command of the XVIII. Army on the western front, and in the following March bore a highly important part in the attack on the British positions between Cambrai and St. Quentin, in which his army formed the left flank of the German advance.
