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Arz von Straußenburg, Arthur Freiherr vonArz von Straußenburg, Baron Arthur von, b. Sibiu, Rumania (then Hermannstadt), June 16, 1857, d. Budapest (Hungary), July 1, 1935, General. Joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1878; 1914 head of department in the War Ministry; 1916 commander of the First Regiment in the Rumania campaign; 1917 succeeded F. Conrad von Hötzendorf as chief of general staff. Works: Zur Geschichte des großen Krieges 1914-1918, 1924; Kampf und Sturz der Kaiserreiche, 1935. Literature: ÖBL.
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